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William Collazo

{{Short description|Cuban sprinter (born 1986)}}

{{distinguish|Willie Collazo}}

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| fullname = Williams Collazo Gutiérrez

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1986|8|31}}

| birth_place= Antilla, Holguín

| height = {{convert|1.72|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|68|kg|abbr=on}}

| country= {{CUB}}

| sport =Athletics

| event=4 × 400m Relay

| updated = 23 December 2014

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William Collazo Gutiérrez (born 31 August 1986 in Antilla, Holguín) is a Cuban sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

Career

He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

{{ Citation

| title = AthleCAC - Results Service - Servicio de Resultados - XX CAC Senior Championships - 2005 - CACCh Nassau BAH - 9-11 Jul 2005

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| access-date = June 19, 2013

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He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships, but without reaching the final round.{{World Athletics}}

His personal best time is 44.93 seconds, achieved at the World Championships in August 2009 in Berlin. He also has 21.27 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Havana.

Personal best

  • 200 m: 21.04 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) – {{flagicon|CUB}} La Habana, 23 May 2010
  • 400 m: 44.93 s – {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, 19 August 2009
  • 400 m (indoor): 46.31 s – {{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, 13 March 2010

International competitions

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%"|width=75%}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}}
rowspan=5|2005

|rowspan=3|ALBA Games

|rowspan=3|Havana, Cuba

|4th

|200 m

|21.49 s (0.0 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|47.16 s

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:08.14 min

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Nassau, Bahamas

|8th

|400 m

|46.58 s

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m

|3:02.33 min

rowspan=3|2006

|NACAC Under-23 Championships

|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|400 m

|45.72 s

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games

|rowspan=2|Cartagena, Colombia

|7th

|400 m

|46.95 s

6th (h)

|4 × 400 m

|3:08.71 min

rowspan=5|2007

|rowspan=2|ALBA Games

|rowspan=2|Caracas, Venezuela

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|45.68 s

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:06.84 min

rowspan=2|Pan American Games

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|4th

|400 m

|45.45 s

– (h)

|4 × 400 m

|DQ

World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|19th (sf)

|400 m

|45.54 s

rowspan=5|2008

|Ibero-American Championships

|Iquique, Chile

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:03.22 min

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Cali, Colombia

|4th

|400 m

|46.04 s

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:02.10 min

rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Beijing, China

|13th (sf)

|400 m

|45.06 s

10th (h)

|4 × 400 m

|3:02.24 min

rowspan=4|2009

|ALBA Games

|Havana, Cuba

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|45.74 s

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Havana, Cuba

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|400 m

|44.96 s

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:03.26 min

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|7th (sf)

|400 m

|44.93 s

rowspan=3|2010

|World Indoor Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|46.31 s

rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|San Fernando, Spain

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|45.33 s

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:04.86 min

rowspan=3|2011

|World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|21st (sf)

|400 m

|46.13 s

rowspan=2|Pan American Games

|rowspan=2|Guadalajara, Mexico

|4th

|400 m

|45.33 s

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m

|2:59.43 min

rowspan=3|2012

|rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Barquisimeto, Venezuela

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|45.81 s

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:00.43 min

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|3rd (h)1

|4 × 400 m

|3:00.55 min

rowspan=2|2014

|World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

|5th

|4 × 400 m

|3:00.61 min

Central American and Caribbean Games

|Xalapa, Mexico

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m

|3:00.70 min A

rowspan=4|2015

|IAAF World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

|10th

|4 × 400 m

|3:03.73 min

rowspan=2|NACAC Championships

|rowspan=2|San José, Costa Rica

|4th (sf)

|400m

|46.30 s

bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 400 m

|3:01.22 min

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|7th

|4 × 400 m

|3:03.05 min

rowspan=3|2016

|rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|7th

|400 m

|45.92 s

–

|4 × 400 m

|DQ

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|6th

|4 × 400 m

|2:59.53 min

rowspan=2|2017

|IAAF World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

|5th

|4 × 400 m

|3:03.60 min

World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|6th

|4 × 400 m

|3:01.10 min

1: Did not finish in the final.

References

External links

  • {{World Athletics|name=William Collazo}}
  • {{Olympics.com profile|william-collazo|William Collazo}}
  • {{SR/Olympics profile|co/williams-collazo-1|Williams Collazo|archive=20161203014811}}

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Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Cuban male sprinters

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba

Category:Olympic athletes for Cuba

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba

Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba

Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Category:Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists

Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics

Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Sportspeople from Holguín Province

Category:21st-century Cuban sportsmen

Category:Cuban Athletics Championships winners

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