Edgardo Guilbe

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Edgardo Guilbe Alomar
Born18 March 1966
Nationality Puerto Rican
Occupation Sprinter

Edgardo Guilbe Alomar (born 18 March 1966 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. His personal best time was 20.53 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in San Juan. [1]

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He won the gold medal at the 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships and silver medals at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He also competed at the 1988 Olympic Games and the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final.

In 2018, Edgardo Guilbe was credited with running a 21.95 200 meters and a 49.68 400 meters (even though he had not previously had a history of running this event). Those marks would have been significant improvements on Masters world records for a 52-year-old man. Subsequently, it has been discovered those marks were produced by Edgardo Guilbe Correa, his son. [2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic11th (sf)200 m 21.42
4th4 × 100 m relay 39.61
1987 Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia3rd200 m 20.92
Pan American Games Indianapolis, United States6th200 m 21.10
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, Korea14th (sf)200 m 20.73
Ibero-American Championships Mexico City, Mexico5th200 m 20.52 A
5th4 × 100 m relay 40.10 A
1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st200 m20.53
1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 2nd200 m 20.79
2nd4 × 100 m relay 40.01
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba14th (h)200 m 21.64
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain3rd (heats)200 m 21.75
1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships Championships Cali, Colombia2nd200 m20.86
Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 4th200 m 20.59
2nd4 × 100 m relay 40.01
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 5th (heats)200 m 21.14
1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 4th200 m20.99

References

  1. "Track and Field all-time best". Bredband.
  2. Stone, Ken (30 December 2018). "52-year-old Puerto Rican wrongly credited with major WRs — sub-50 for 400 meters, sub-22 for 200".