Eric Alejandro

{{short description|Puerto Rican Olympic athlete (hurdler)}}

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| residence = Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S

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| birth_place = Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater = Eastern Michigan University

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| event = 400 meters hurdles

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| coach = Brad Fairchild

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Eric Javier Alejandro (born April 15, 1986) is an athlete representing Puerto Rico and competing mostly in the 400 meters hurdles. He was born in Burlington, New Jersey, United States.

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{{citation

|title = Biografía – General – ALEJANDRO Eric Javier

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}} An alumnus of Eastern Michigan University,

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he represented Puerto Rico in the men's 400 meters hurdles in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

=Outdoor=

  • 400 m: 47.75 s – {{flagicon|USA}} Tampa, Florida, 14 March 2014
  • 110 m hurdles: 14.13 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) – {{flagicon|USA}} Oxford, Ohio, 12 May 2007
  • 400 m hurdles: 49.07 s – {{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo, 2 August 2014

=Indoor=

Competition record

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colspan="6" | Representing {{PUR}}
rowspan=2 | 2011

| Central American and Caribbean Championships

| Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

| 7th

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:05.76

Pan American Games

| Guadalajara, Mexico

| 10th (h)

| 400 m hurdles

| 51.28

rowspan=2 | 2012

| Ibero-American Championships

| Barquisimeto, Venezuela

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.36

Olympic Games

| London, United Kingdom

| 12th (sf)

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.15

rowspan=3 | 2013

| rowspan=2 | Central American and Caribbean Championships

| rowspan=2 | Morelia, Mexico

| 5th

| 400 m hurdles

| 50.62

8th

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:12.15

World Championships

| Moscow, Russia

| 17th (sf)

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.44

rowspan=2 | 2014

| Ibero-American Championships

| São Paulo, Brazil

| bgcolor=silver | 2nd

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.07

Central American and Caribbean Games

| Xalapa, México

| bgcolor=silver | 2nd

| 400m hurdles

| 50.05 A

rowspan=2 | 2015

| Pan American Games

| Toronto, Canada

| 12th (sf)

| 400 m hurdles

| 51.32

World Championships

| Beijing, China

| 32nd (h)

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.94

rowspan=2|2016

| Ibero-American Championships

| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| 7th

| 400 m hurdles

| 49.94

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|23rd (sf)

|400 m hurdles

|49.95

References

;General

  • {{World Athletics}}
  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/eric-alejandro-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/eric-alejandro-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

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