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Luguelín Santos
Santos at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameLuguelín Miguel Santos Aquino
NationalityDominican
Born (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 31)
Bayaguana, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres
4 × 400m Relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m: 44.11 (Beijing 2015)
Medal record
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 400 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow 400 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona 400 m
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Medley relay
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju 4x400 m relay
CAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Morelia 4x400 m relay
Updated on 24 December 2014

Template:Spanish name Luguelín Miguel Santos Aquino (born 12 November 1993) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialises in the 400 m. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of eighteen. His personal best is 44.11 seconds.

Santos emerged with two gold medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and made his senior breakthrough at the 2011 Pan American Games, taking individual and relay silver medals with Dominican national record times. He won his country's first medal at the World Junior Championships in Athletics by winning the 400 m title in 2012.

Career

Early life

Born in Bayaguana to Juan Santos Santos (a lift operator) and Irma Aquino Mejia (a housewife), Luguelín Santos's upbringing was marked by poverty. His older cousin, Celia Aquino, suggested that he and his brother, Juander, start competing in athletics as she did. He began running in 2002, although he ran barefoot, as he had no shoes and he was often hungry. There was no running track near where he lived in Monte Plata Province, so he trained at the local baseball stadium instead. He initially tried long distances, then moved down to middle distances, before finally settling on the 400 m at the age of fourteen.[1][2][3]

In 2008, the fourteen-year-old Santos ran the 400 m in 53 seconds and he decided to take the sport seriously after running at the national schools championships.[4] His performances attracted the attention of José Ludwig Rubio, a Dominican coach and former president of the national association. The following year he ran a personal best of 47.58 seconds and made his international debut at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. He was eliminated in the first round of the 400 m and was impressed at the speed of fellow Caribbean athlete Rondell Bartholomew.[1] He broke his first national junior record at the competition as part of the Dominican 4×400 metres relay team, running a time of 3:13.18 minutes.[5] A visa problem caused him to miss out on the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1]

The 2010 season saw him win further accolades as he ran a Dominican youth and junior record time of 46.19 seconds in June and a week later won the silver medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships. Held at Santo Domingo's Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santos also won a relay bronze and knocked two and half seconds off the national junior record.[6] Stepping up to the global stage, he came sixth in the final at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics then achieved his first major victories at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, taking the 400 m and sprint medley relay titles.[1][7]

First senior medals

At the start of 2011 he moved to San Germán, Puerto Rico to be close to his coach and study at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.[8] A hamstring injury hampered his training in the first half of the year and also led to him pulling up in the final at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He missed qualification for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but his form returned in August as he ran under 46 seconds in Bogotá. He excelled at the 2011 Pan American Games, where a series of good runs culminated in two silver medals and two Dominican records. He ran 44.71 seconds (beating Felix Sánchez's time) to take the 400 m silver medal behind Nery Brenes, then helped the Dominican 4 × 400 m relay quartet to a second national record of 3:00.44 minutes to finish as runners-up behind Cuba.[1]

Building upon his success in regional competition, he ran for the first time indoors at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, reaching the semi-finals and setting an indoor best of 46.83 seconds.[1] He made a strong start on major track circuit, finishing second at the Doha Diamond League meeting with a time of 44.88 seconds. He was second at the Golden Spike Ostrava, then had a winning run of 44.45 seconds at the FBK Games, which ranked him third on the all-time junior lists. He also ran a national junior record of 20.73 seconds for the 200 metres that month.[1] His first Diamond League[9] win followed at the Adidas Grand Prix, where he beat former World and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner.[10] A day later he ran at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Barquisimeto with the Dominican relay team, taking a bronze medal and securing their place at the Olympics.

Olympic silver medal

Santos in the 400 m Olympic final.

He became his country's first ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, missing his aim of the championship record but still winning by a margin of more than half a second in 44.85.[11] Acknowledging his quick progression, he said: "so far only Americans have finished in under 44 seconds, I want to be the first from somewhere else".[4] He was beaten to that distinction by Grenada's Kirani James in the 400 m final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Santos was next to finish after James, however, as he ran within 0.01 of his personal best time to claim an unexpected Olympic silver medal.[12] His was the third ever medal for the Dominican Republic, coming just 45 minutes after Felix Sánchez won his second Olympic gold.[13] A team of Gustavo Cuesta, Felix Sánchez, Joel Mejia and Santos appeared to have qualified for the 4 × 400 m relay final, but the second baton change was outside of the changeover zone and the team was disqualified. 2013 World Championships: In the 400M Final of the 2013 World Championships, Santos went from a non-medalling position to finishing in the bronze medal position, after closing down several athletes on the homestraight, including the defending champion, Kirani James. 2015: Santos won the 400M gold medal in the Pan American Games. Despite being among the pre-race favourites for the World Championship 400M Final, Santos finished in fourth place. However, in doing so, he gained the distinction of holding the fastest ever non-medalling time in that event. As well as this, he broke his own National Record.[14]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Dominican Republic
2009 Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 12th (h) 400 m 47.88
6th 4 × 400 m 3:13.18
2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd 400 m 46.94
3rd 4 × 400 m 3:10.55
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 6th 400 m 46.90
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 1st 400 m 47.11
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 8th (h) 400 m 47.07[15]
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 400 m 44.71
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:00.44
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (sf) 400 m 46.83
Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 3rd 4 × 400 m 3:02.02
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 400 m 44.85
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 400 m 44.46
– 4 × 100 m DQ
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 4th 200 m 20.55
3rd 4 × 400 m 3:02.82
World Championships Moscow, Russia 38th (h) 200 m 21.13
3rd 400 m 44.52
14th (h) 4 × 400 m 3:03.61
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 7th (sf) 400 m 46.37
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 11th (B) 4 × 400 m 3:03.41
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th 200 m 20.97
1st 4 × 400 m 3:02.73
Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 1st 400 m 45.06 A
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 4th 4 × 400 m 3:02.86 A
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 23rd (h) 4 × 400 m 3:12.55
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 1st 400 m 44.91
1st 4 × 400 m 3:05.05
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th 4 × 400 m 3:01.73
World Championships Beijing, China 4th 400 m 44.11 NR
10th (h) 4 × 400 m 3:00.15 NR
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd 400 m 45.58
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th (sf) 400 m 44.71
10th (h) 4 × 400 m 3:01.76

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cavelo Robinson, Javier (2012-07-26). Luguelín Miguel SANTOS Aquino. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  2. ^ Marmol, Fellito (2011-10-28). Luguelin Santos pasó hambre antes de descollar Template:Es icon. Deportes Con Fellito. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  3. ^ Luguelín Santos, el atleta que no tenía zapatillas Template:Es icon. Terra.com.ar (2012-08-08). Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  4. ^ a b Minshull, Phil (2012-06-20). Santos beginning to eclipse Sanchez as the Dominican Republic's track hero - Barcelona 2012. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  5. ^ Pan American Junior Championships 2009. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  6. ^ CAC Junior Championships 2010. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  7. ^ "Luguelín Santos gana medalla de plata en 400 metros". Pio Deportes.
  8. ^ Luguelín Santos. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-08-20.
  9. ^ Luguelín Santos Wins Men's 400m | Brussels Diamond League. Retrieved on 2016-09-10.
  10. ^ Morse, Parker (2012-06-09). Rudisha's sensational 1:41.74 one of four world leads in New York - REPORT - Samsung Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  11. ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2012-07-12). Barcelona 2012 - Event Report - Men's 400m Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  12. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2012-08-06). London 2012 - Event Report - Men's 400m Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  13. ^ Santo Domingo. "Otro dominicano: Luguelín Santos logra plata en Londres". listindiario.com.
  14. ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2012-08-09). London 2012 - Event Report - Men's 4x400m Relay Round One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  15. ^ Did not finish in the final
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Dominican Republic
Rio de Janeiro 2016 		Succeeded by
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