Freddy González (runner)

{{short description|Venezuelan long-distance runner}}

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Freddy González Fonten (born July 10, 1977, in Cumaná, Sucre State) is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela.

Biography

He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best in the men's 5,000 metres (13:22.30) on July 3, 2004, in San Sebastián.

Achievements

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bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{VEN}}
1998

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Maracaibo, Venezuela

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|5000 m

|14:04.77 min

1999

|Pan American Games

|Winnipeg, Canada

|10th

|5000 m

|14:12.94 min

2000

|Ibero-American Championships

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|6th

|5000 m

|14:34.99 min

rowspan=3|2001

|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|1500 m

|3:47.04 min A

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|5000 m

|14:25.84 min A

Bolivarian Games

|Ambato, Ecuador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|3:56.21 min A

rowspan=2|2002

|Ibero-American Championships

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|7th

|3000 m

|8:35.98 min

Central American and Caribbean Games

|San Salvador, El Salvador

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|5000 m

|14:08.45 min

2003

|Pan American Games

|Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

|6th

|5000 m

|14:21.53 min

rowspan=3|2004

|rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Huelva, Spain

|5th

|3000 m

|8:00.23 min

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|13:49.05 min

Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|28th

|5000 m

|13:42.44 min

2006

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Cartagena, Colombia

|4th

|5000 m

|14:19.02 min

rowspan=3|2007

|ALBA Games

|Caracas, Venezuela

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|14:06.40 min

rowspan=2|Pan American Games

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|6th

|5000 m

|13:52.79 min

8th

|10,000 m

|29:38.04 min

References

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