| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60 m: 6.49 s (Nanjing, 2025) NR 100 m: 10.04 s (Clermont, 2024) NR |
Eloy Benitez (born 7 May 2003) is a Puerto Rican sprinter, he holds the Puerto Rico national records for the 60 metres and 100 metres. [1]
In May 2024, he set a national record for the 100 metres, running 10.04 seconds in Florida, during the PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet. [2] [3]
In 2025, he ran a national record 6.56 seconds for the 60 metres. [4] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, qualifying for the semi-finals with a new personal best and national record of 6.49 seconds. [5] He also won his semi-final with a run of 6.52 seconds, with only a hundredth of a second separating the three semi-final winners. However, Benitez stumbled and pulled up injured early in the final and was unable to finish the race, eventually won by Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain. [6] [7] [8]
He attended the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. [9]