José Peña (steeplechaser)

{{short description|Venezuelan track and field athlete (born 1987)}}

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José Gregorio Peña Trejo (born 12 January 1987) is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. His personal best for the event is 8:20.87 minutes

Biography

Born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, he first established himself on the continental youth scene. His first international outing came at the 2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, where he came fourth in the boy's 2000 metres steeplechase race.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2002.html 2002 South American Youth Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831124416/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2002.html |date=31 August 2013 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. At the 2004 edition of the competition, he won the steeplechase gold medal and also came fourth in the 1500 metres and fifth in the 3000 metres flat events.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2004.html 2004 South American Youth Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002145132/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2004.html |date=2 October 2018 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. Moving up to the junior under-20 ranks, he ran at the 2005 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. There he won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal behind Peru's Mario Bazán and he also placed eighth in the 1500 m final.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2005.html 2005 South American Junior Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909212335/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2005.html |date= 9 September 2012 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. He represented Venezuelan on the global stage at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but did not progress beyond the steeplechase heats. In November 2006, he was the runner-up at the 2006 South American Games (again to Bazán) and ran a national junior record time of 8:50.88 minutes.Biscayart, Eduardo (13 November 2006). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=36760.html Brazil best at South American U-23]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.

In Peña's first season as a senior athlete, he won the bronze medal in the steeplechase at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics.Biscayart, Eduardo (10 June 2007). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/1457-area-triple-jump-record-for-costa-as-sou 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-02. He was also the runner-up at the 2007 ALBA Games event. He focused on longer distances in 2008, coming seventh in the South American Cross Country Championships and winning the national title over 5000 metres. At the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics he came fifth in his specialist steeplechase event.[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=72220&Season=2008&Odd=0 José Gregorio Peña]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2 November 2011.

His focus returned to steeplechasing in the 2009 season. He came second at the 2009 ALBA Games, fifth at the World Military Track and Field Championships, then ran a personal best of 8:36.17 minutes at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics in Lima – finishing just one second behind the host nation's Mario Bazán who broke the championship record.Biscayart, Eduardo (21 June 2009). [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=51248.html Adriano takes seventh South American Discus title – Day 2 report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921181456/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=51248.html |date=21 September 2012 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-02. Two weeks later, he competed at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and won the silver medal.[http://www.cacacathletics.org/web_documents/cac_senior_cuba_2009_full_results.htm XXII Campeonato CAC Atletismo 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225142346/http://www.cacacathletics.org/web_documents/cac_senior_cuba_2009_full_results.htm |date=25 February 2012 }}. Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. He won the 2010 Venezuelan steeplechase title, but missed the rest of the track season that year.

At the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, Peña missed out on a steeplechase medal for the first time, coming in fifth place. A month later, he ran a personal best of 8:34.90 minutes at the 2011 Military World Games and was eighth in the event final. At the end of July he won the title at the 2011 ALBA Games. The 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara saw him achieve his best finish to date, taking the Pan American gold medal ahead of Brazil's Hudson de Souza with a tactical sprint finish.[http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/deportes/otros-deportes/jose-pena-logro-la-undecima-dorada.aspx José Peña logró la undécima dorada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405082729/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/deportes/otros-deportes/jose-pena-logro-la-undecima-dorada.aspx |date= 5 April 2012 }} {{in lang|es}}. Últimas Noticias Venezuela (28 October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-02. This achievement followed in the footsteps of his compatriot Néstor Nieves, who won the same event in 2003.

Peña served as the flag bearer for Venezuela at the opening ceremony of the 2014 South American Games.[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=pena-jose-1168186/index.html José Peña]. nbcolympics.com

Personal bests

1500 m: 3:44.06 min – {{flagicon|USA}} Eagle Rock, 4 May 2013
3000 m: 7:54.42 min – {{flagicon|AUT}} Linz, 26 August 2013
5000 m: 13:47.25 min – {{flagicon|USA}} Stanford, 29 March 2013
3000 m steeplechase: 8:20.87 min NR – {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, 1 September 2013

International competitions

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes\|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{VEN}}
2002 \|South American Youth Championships \|Asunción, Paraguay \|4th \|2000 m s'chase \|6:27.07
rowspan=3\|2004 \|rowspan=3\|South American Youth Championships \|rowspan=3\|Guayaquil, Ecuador \|4th \|1500 m \|3:59.8
5th \|3000 m \|8:45.8
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|2000 m s'chase \|5:52.2
2005 \|South American Junior Championships \|Rosario, Argentina \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|9:13.74
rowspan=3\|2006 \|World Junior Championships \|Beijing, China \|13th (h) \|3000 m s'chase \|8:52.36
rowspan=2\|South American Under-23 Championships / South American Games \|rowspan=2\|Buenos Aires, Argentina \|8th \|5000m \|14:34.13
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:50.88 NJR
rowspan=2\|2007 \|ALBA Games \|Caracas, Venezuela \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:51.42
South American Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:54.43
rowspan=2\|2008 \|South American Cross Country Championships \|Asunción, Paraguay \|7th \|Long course (12 km) \|38:47
Ibero-American Championships \|Iquique, Chile \|5th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:54.80
rowspan=5\|2009 \|ALBA Games \|La Habana, Cuba \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:44.47
World Military Track & Field Championships \|Sofia, Bulgaria \|5th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:48.00
South American Championships \|Lima, Perú \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:36.17 PB A
Central American and Caribbean Championships \|La Habana, Cuba \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000 m s'chase \|8:51.03
Bolivarian Games \|Sucre, Bolivia \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|3000 m s'chase \|10.04.90 A
rowspan=5\|2011 \|South American Championships \|Buenos Aires, Argentina \|5th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:44.18
Military World Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|8th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:47.18
ALBA Games \|Barquisimeto, Venezuela \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:45.25
South American Road Mile Championships \|Belém, Brazil \|6th \|One mile \|4:14
Pan American Games \|Guadalajara, México \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:48.19 A
rowspan=2\|2012 \|Ibero-American Championships \|Barquisimeto, Venezuela \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:37.67
Olympic Games \|London, United Kingdom \|16th (h) \|3000 m s'chase \|8:24.06 NR
rowspan=4\| 2013 \|rowspan=2\|South American Championships \|rowspan=2\|Cartagena, Colombia \|7th \|1500 m \|3:47.63
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:32.01
World Championships \|Moscow, Russia \|16th (h) \|3000 m s'chase \|8:24.88
Bolivarian Games \|Trujillo, Perú \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:26.6 (ht)
rowspan=3\| 2014 \|rowspan=2\|South American Games \|rowspan=2\|Santiago, Chile \| – \|5000 m \|DNF
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:36.81
Central American and Caribbean Games \|Xalapa, México \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|3000m s'chase \|8:45.04 A
2015 \|Pan American Games \|Toronto, Canada \|7th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:59.40
rowspan=2\|2016 \|Ibero-American Championships \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|5th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:43.90
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|22nd (h) \|3000 m s'chase \|8:32.38
rowspan=3\|2017 \|South American Championships \|Asunción, Paraguay \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:45.93
World Championships \|London, United Kingdom \|31st (h) \|3000 m s'chase \|8:37.15
Bolivarian Games \|Santa Marta, Colombia \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|8:39.99
rowspan=2\|2018 \|South American Games \|Cochabamba, Bolivia \|4th \|3000 m s'chase \|9:30.00
Central American and Caribbean Games \|Barranquilla, Colombia \| – \|3000 m s'chase \|DNF
rowspan=2\|2019 \|South American Championships \|Lima, Peru \|6th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:57.95
Pan American Games \|Lima, Peru \|9th \|3000 m s'chase \|9:02.04
2022 \|Ibero-American Championships \|La Nucía, Spain \|6th \|3000 m s'chase \|8:46.81
rowspan=3\|2023 \|ALBA Games \|Caracas, Venezuela \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|3000 m s'chase \|9:09.15
Central American and Caribbean Games \|San Salvador, El Salvador \| – \|3000 m s'chase \|DNF
Pan American Games \|Santiago, Chile \|12th \|3000 m s'chase \|9:17.90

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colspan="6"|Representing {{VEN}}

2002

|South American Youth Championships

|Asunción, Paraguay

|4th

|2000 m s'chase

|6:27.07

rowspan=3|2004

|rowspan=3|South American Youth Championships

|rowspan=3|Guayaquil, Ecuador

|4th