Jairo Correa

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Jairo Correa
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Nationality Colombian
Born (1954-10-27) 27 October 1954 (age 67)
Sport
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Sport Athletics
Mountain running

Jairo Correa (born 2 October 1954) is a former Colombian mountain runner who won two World Mountain Running Championships (1989, 1991). [1]

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Biography

He won three times the Swiss race Sierre-Zinal (1990, 1993, 1995). [2]

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References

  1. "World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. "Serre-Zinal" (PDF). sierre-zinal.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.