Héctor Garibay

Héctor Garibay

2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Garibay Flores
Nationality	Bolivian
Born	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 36) Totoral, Bolivia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10,000 metres, Marathon
Medal record South American Games 2022 Asunción 10,000 metres

Héctor Garibay Flores (born 9 July 1988) is a Bolivian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

He finished 1st in the Marathon International of Mexico 2023 with an extraordinary time of 2:08:23, 1st place in Buenos Aires Marathon 2021 with a time of 2:11:58, 36th in the Marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.^[1] In February 2023, he set a Bolivian record in the marathon running 2:07:44 at the Seville Marathon.^[2] This time qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In 2023, he set the record of 2:08:23 in the Mexico City Marathon, beating the previous mark by more than two minutes.^[3]

Personal bests

• 1500 metres – 4:02.80 (Cochabamba 2022)
• 3000 metres – 8:49.58 (Cochabamba 2022)
  • 3000 metres indoor – 8:43.95 (Cochabamba 2020)
• 5000 metres – 14:17.11 (Cochabamba 2019)
• 10,000 metres – 29:35.87 (Asunción 2022)
• Marathon – 2:07:44 (Sevilla 2023) NR
• Mexico City Marathon, 2:08:23 (Mexico 2023) MR^[4]

References

1. "Men's marathon full results at World Championships 2022; record run by Tamirat Tola | World-Track and Field". 17 July 2022.
2. "2023 Seville Marathon Results". Seville Marathon. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
3. Staff, M. N. D. (28 August 2023). "Bolivian winner of Mexico City marathon breaks record". Mexico News Daily. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
4. "Mexico City Marathon", Wikipedia, 3 August 2024, retrieved 9 August 2024

External links

• Hector Garigey at World Athletics

Olympic Games
Preceded by Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander	Flagbearer for  Bolivia Paris 2024 with María José Ribera	Succeeded by Incumbent