Allan Ayala

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Allan Ayala
Personal information
Full nameAllan Guillermo Ayala Acevedo
Born (1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 (age 37)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
SportMen's Athletics
Event(s) Hurdling, Sprint
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Central American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 San Pedro Sula 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 San Pedro Sula 4x400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 San José 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Guatemala City 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 San Pedro Sula 4x100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 San José 400 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 San José 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 San José 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 San José 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 San José 4x400 m relay
Updated on 19 September 2012.

Allan Ayala Acevedo (born July 7, 1986) is a male track and field athlete from Guatemala, specialized in the 400m intermediate hurdles event. As a junior, he was a member of the team that broke the Guatemalan 4x400 relay Junior National Record in 2004.

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In 2007, Ayala ran for Dickinson State University in North Dakota and was named Outstanding DAC Conference Track Athlete in both indoors and outdoors events. He was runner-up in the 400IH in the NAIA national championships; also setting a new Guatemalan national record in the event. Three weeks later he set the 400 meters Guatemalan national record in Costa Rica. He then broke his own record in the 400IH at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ayala was also the only Guatemalan to run in the 2007 World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
2005 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd4 × 100 m relay42.40
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:20.91
2006 NACAC U-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 10th (h)400m hurdles 53.55
2007 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd400 m48.05
3rd110 m hurdles15.07 (+1.1 m/s)
2nd400 m hurdles52.15
1st4 × 400 m relay3:13.95 CR
NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 7th400 m hurdles 52.44
5th4 × 400 m relay 3:16.83
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th (h)400 m hurdles 51.20
8th4 × 400 m relay 3:17.86
World Championships Osaka, Japan 32nd (h)400 m hurdles 52.26
2008 Central American Championships San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1st400 m hurdles51.72
2nd4 × 100 m relay42.30
1st4 × 400 m relay3:15.28
Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 4th400 m hurdles 51.41
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 6th400 m hurdles 52.70
NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, México 4th400m hurdles 52.05 A
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:13.83 A
2009 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd400 m hurdles50.16
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 10th (h)400 m hurdles 51.89
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 7th400 m hurdles 51.82
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 12th (h)400 m hurdles 53.57
2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 400 m hurdles DNF

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