Domingo Jesús Ramón Menargues (born March 10, 1958, in Crevillente, Alicante)[1] is a retired long-distance runner from Spain, known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 3000 m steeplechase event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He represented his native country in two Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984). Ramón set his personal best (8:15.74) in the event on July 21, 1980, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Crevillente, Spain | 10 March 1958|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | CA Hércules-Benacantil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was twice a competitor at the World Championships in Athletics, in 1983 and 1987, and was also a four-time champion of Spain in 3000 m steeplechase, in 1980 (8:29.40), 1981 (8:21.09), 1982 (8:27.07), and 1984 (8:29.91).
Competition record
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split, Yugoslavia | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:25.75 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:15.74 |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:20.48 |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:21.32 |
Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:19.60 | |
Ibero-American Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:27.20 | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 6th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:17.27 |
References
edit- ^ Domingo Ramon Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-05-21.