Pedro Mejía (athlete)

{{short description|Dominican Republic sprinter}}

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| fullname = Pedro Juan Mejía Eusebio

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| event = 4 × 400 metres relay

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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze |2007 Rio de Janeiro|4×400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze |2008 Valencia|4×400 m}}

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Pedro Juan Mejía Eusebio (born June 29, 1978) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.{{cite sports-reference|title = Pedro Mejía|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/pedro-mejia-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/pedro-mejia-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 2 January 2013}} He won two bronze medals, as a member of the Dominican Republic national team, in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.{{cite news|title=World Indoor Championship 4x400m Relay splits|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/youth-athletics-programme-news/496-general/6108-world-indoor-championship-4x400m-relay-splits.html|publisher=European Athletics|accessdate=2 January 2013}}

Mejia competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Yoel Tapia, Carlos Yohelin Santa, and Arismendy Peguero. He ran on the third leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 46.31 seconds. Mejia and his team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:04.31, failing to advance into the final.{{cite web|title=Men's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM404900/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=2 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821145746/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM404900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}