Jorge Castelblanco

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Jorge Castelblanco
Jorge Castelblanco - Rio 2016.jpg
Castelblanco at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born23 September 1987 (1987-09-23) (age 38)
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
 Half marathon, marathon
Clubpanama runners association [2]
Coached byJuan Carlos Cardona Rios [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)HM – 1:06:49 (2011)
Marathon – 2:15:57 (2016) [3]

Jorge Castelblanco (born 23 September 1987) is a long-distance runner from Panama. At the 2016 Olympics he became the first Panamanian athlete to run the Olympic marathon. [1] [2] He also competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [4]

Castelblanco graduated from the Technological University of Panama and works as a police officer. He is married and has a son, Ethan. [2] He is managed by Leonel Manzano and Carlos Roa of Royal Athletic Management & Marketing. [5]

Castelblanco has a marathon personal best of 2:09:24 which he ran at the 2024 Seville Marathon. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Jorge Castelblanco Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jorge Castelblanco. nbcolympics.com
  3. ↑ Jorge Castelblanco. IAAF
  4. ↑ "Men's Marathon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ↑ https://www.royalathleticmanagement.com/jorge-ca
  6. ↑ https://sertv.gob.pa/jorge-casteblanco-impuso-record-nacional-en-maraton-de-sevilla-2024/


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