Nery Brenes
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Full name | Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Limón, Limón, Costa Rica | September 25, 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Emmanuel Chanto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 200 m: 20.20 (Rio de Janeiro 2016) 400 m: 44.60 (Madrid 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nery Antonio Brenes Cárdenas, (born September 25, 1985) is a Costa Rican sprinter.[1] He is one of Costa Rica's most prominent track and field athletes and reached the semi-finals at the 400 m sprint in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[2]
Brenes won the gold medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, setting a new national and championship record.[3] "Brenes improved his personal mark by approximately one second, something nobody expected on a championship, taking the gold medal", cited his trainer and motivator Andrés Oro Fijo Calderón.[4] He has participated in major events like the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, and achieved a 4th-place finish at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. He also finished in 3rd place at the 2008 ÅF Golden League meet in Oslo, Norway.
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 m: 20.20 s – Rio de Janeiro, 16 August 2016
- 400 m: 44.60 s – Madrid, 23 June 2016
Indoor
- 400 m: 45.11 s – Istanbul, 10 March 2012
International competitions
References
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clovelo; Calixto, Néstor; Barrantes, Vanessa (2008-03-05). "Nery Brenes ready to put Costa Rica on the athletics map". IAAF Athletics. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Costa Rica"[permanent dead link], Reuters, June 17, 2008
- ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ "Nery Brenes consigue un histórico oro para Costa Rica en 400 metros".
External links
- Nery Brenes at World Athletics
- Nery Brenes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- "Against the Odds: Nery Brenes", BBC, July 21, 2008
- Tilastopaja biography
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Costa Rica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Costa Rica
- Sportspeople from Limón Province
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica
- Central American Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games