César Almirón

César Almiron

Personal information
Nationality	Paraguayan
Born	(2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	100 metres 200 metres 4 × 100 metres relay
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.19 s NR (Cochabamba, 2024) 200 m: 20.41 s NR (Cochabamba, 2024) 4×100 m: 39.05 s NR (Mexico City, 2024)
Medal record Representing  Paraguay Men's athletics South American Games 2022 Asunción 4×100 m relay South American Championships 2023 São Paulo 200 m 2023 São Paulo 4×100 m relay Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar 4×100 m relay

César Almirón (born 6 August 2001) is a Paraguayan sprinter. He is national record holder over 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1]

Career

From Villarrica, Paraguay, he was in the youth set-up of football teams Club Libertad and Guaireña as well as running athletics. He became junior national champion in the 100 metres in 2019. As the COVID-19 pandemic limited footballing opportunities he focused on sprinting. He became Paraguayan national record holder for the 100 metres and 200 metres in 2021.^[2][3]

He competed in the 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.^[4] He won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2022 South American Games in October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay.^[5]

He finished third but was upgraded to a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2023 South American Championships in São Paulo in July 2023, running 20.49 seconds behind Issam Asinga who was later docked of his gold medal for doping. At the same Championships he won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay.^[6][7][8]

In Cochabamba, Bolivia, in June 2024 he lowered his national records over 100m and 200m to 10.19 seconds and 20.41 seconds.^[9] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he was ultimately disqualified from the Repechage.^[10]

References

1. "César Almirón". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
2. "Born for speed, thinking about medals at Asu 2022". lanacion. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
3. "César Almirón: The Flyer of Tebicuary". ultimahora. June 12, 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
4. "César Almirón: "La disciplina es fundamental en el atletismo"". Independiente.com. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
5. "South American Games". World Athletics. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
6. "Asinga completes sprint double at South American Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
7. "South American Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
8. "Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive". ESPN. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
9. "El velocista Almirón se acerca a los JJ. OO". lanacion. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
10. "César Almirón advances to the repechage in his Olympic debut". ultimahora. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.