Alfredo Arévalo

Alfredo Arévalo Reyes (born February 20, 1976) is a Guatemalan marathon runner.^[1][2] In 2004, he achieved both his personal best and a national record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Alfredo Arévalo

Arévalo in the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon
Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Arévalo Reyes
Nationality	Guatemala
Born	(1976-02-20) 20 February 1976 (age 49) Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Marathon: 2:12:53 (2004)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Guatemala CAC Championships 2013 Morelia 5000 m 2013 Morelia 10,000 m Central American Games 2013 San José 5000 m
Updated on 17 December 2014

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arévalo and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

Arevalo made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished seventy-seventh in the men's marathon, outside his personal best of 2:34:02.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Arevalo competed again for the second time in men's marathon, along with his compatriot José Amado García. He finished the race in sixty-third place by twelve seconds behind Montenegro's Goran Stojiljković, with a time of 2:28:26.^[3][4]

Personal bests

• 5000 m: 14:30.07 min – Ciudad de Guatemala, 18 February 2006
• 10,000 m: 29:21.43 min – Stanford, California, 1 May 2010
• Half marathon: 1:06:42 hrs – San Pedro Sula, 19 June 2004
• Marathon: 2:12:53 hrs – Ottawa, 30 May 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Guatemala
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	Half marathon	1:06:50
	World Championships in Athletics	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	56th	Marathon	2:34:16
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	Marathon	2:21:53
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	—	Marathon	DNF
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	10,000 m	29:39.48
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	76th	Marathon	2:34:02
2005	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	2nd	8 km	25:16
	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Galmier, France	123rd	12.02 km	41:29
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:45.72
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	5000 m	14:42.58
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	52nd	Marathon	2:25:37
2006	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	4th	8 km	25:55
			3rd	8 km (Team)	48 pts
	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	93rd	12 km	39:10
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	Marathon	2:28:27
2007	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Clermont, Florida, United States	7th	8 km	25:40
			2nd	8 km (Team)	58 pts
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	10,000 m	30:10.98
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	Marathon	2:21:48
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	63rd	Marathon	2:28:26
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	Marathon	2:25:55
	Central American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	5000 m	14:49.91
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	10,000 m	31:07.06
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	11th	Marathon	2:25:53
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	5000 m	14:56.00
			4th	10,000 m	31:30.28
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	5000 m	15:22.23
			3rd	10,000 m	32:23.55
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th	Marathon	2:26:34 A