Juan Vicente Matala

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Juan Vicente Matala
Personal information
NationalityEquatoguinean
Born (1969-07-27) 27 July 1969 (age 55)
Sport
SportSprinting
Event200 metres

Juan Vicente Matala (born 27 July 1969) is an Equatoguinean sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

Career

Matala was a Equatorial Guinean leader over three distances in 1991. On 21 July, he ran the top 200 and 400 metres times of 22.51 and 55.66 seconds respectively at a meeting in Malabo. He later ran the top 100 metres time of 11.25 seconds on 1 September 1991 also in Malabo. [2] On 23 February 1992, Matala won a 100 metres competition in Equatorial Guinea. His time of 11.84 seconds won by one hundredth of a second. [3]

Matala was seeded in the 8th 200 metres heat at the 1992 Olympics. [4] He was disqualified. [5]

At the Olympics, Matala was visited by an athletics team to exchange impressions. [6]

At another meeting in 1992, Matala ran 23.4 seconds for 200 metres. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Vicente Matala Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "El Patio Numero 9" (PDF). core.ac.uk (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ "El Patio Numero 14" (PDF). core.ac.uk (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ Juan Vicente Matala at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Juan Vicente Matala at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ "Ecos de tam-tam" (in Spanish). WA ya Ma, S.L. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Juan Vicente Matala at Olympedia OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg


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