José Amado Garcia

José Amado García Gabriel (born 13 September 1977) is a Guatemalan long-distance runner who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests 5000 m: 14:13.19 min – Berkeley, United States, 24 April 2010 10,000 m: 28:50.25 min – Palo Alto, United States, 1 May 2010 Half marathon: 1:04:20 hrs – Warsaw, Poland, 18 June 2016 Marathon: 2:14:27 hrs – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29 July 2007

Achievements Representing 1997 Central American Games San Pedro Sula, Honduras 2nd 10,000 m 33:05.17 1998 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd 5000 m 15:47.6 2nd 10,000 m 33:22.2 1999 World Cross Country Championships Belfast, United Kingdom 134th 12 km 47:52 2000 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships Cartagena, Colombia 6th 12 km 39:50 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 6th 5000 m 14:57.04 3rd 10,000 m 30:53.52 Central American Games Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 5000 m 14:28.91 A 2nd 10,000 m 30:43.86 A 2002 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 5000 m 14:30.14 1st 10,000 m 30:05.31 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 5th 5000 m 14:33.50 5th 10,000 m 30:30.30 2003 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships Acapulco, Mexico 3rd 12 km 39:49 World Cross Country Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 75th 12.355 km 40:35 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 5000 m 15:19.35 1st 10,000 m 30:16.25 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – 5000 m DNF 7th 10,000 m 30:26.61 Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 2nd 5000 m 14:40.94 3rd 10,000 m 29:42.52 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 64th Marathon 2:27:13 2005 World Cross Country Championships Saint-Galmier, France 121st 4.196 km 13:27 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 10,000 m 30:11.54 World Championships Helsinki, Finland — Marathon DNF 2006 NACAC Cross Country Championships Clermont, United States 10th 8 km 26:38 3rd 8 km (Team) 48 pts World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka, Japan 104th 12 km 39:35 Ibero-American Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 8th 5000 m 14:31.55 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 6th 5000 m 14:27.54 4th 10,000 m 30:09.31 2007 NACAC Cross Country Championships Clermont, United States 13th 8 km 26:10 2nd 8 km (Team) 58 pts Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 5000 m 14:42.08 1st 10,000 m 29:53.61 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd 5000 m 14:33.31 2nd 10,000 m 29:42.11 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Marathon 2:14:27 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 35th Marathon 2:20:15 2009 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 5000 m 14:55.44 World Championships Berlin, Germany 47th Marathon 2:22:00 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st Marathon 2:21:35 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 10,000 m 32:06.26 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 5th Marathon 2:20:27 SB 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 38th Marathon 2:18:23 2013 Central American Games San José, Costa Rica 1st Marathon 2:26:26 Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru 7th Half marathon 1:08:45 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 2nd Marathon 2:19:45 A 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 118th Marathon 2:30:112017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 58th Marathon 2:25:03