Daniel Vargas (runner)
Mexican long-distance runner
Vargas at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1984-03-06) March 6, 1984 (age 40) León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Mexico |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Marathon, half marathon |
Coached by | Federico Villanueva[2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Marathon – 2:13:06 (2012) HM – 1:04:18 (2012)[3] |
Daniel de Jesús Vargas Sánchez (born March 6, 1984) is a Mexican long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and finished 39th and 54th, respectively.[4][1]
Vargas is married to Hortensia and has one daughter. His brother Gualberto Vargas Sanchez is also a long-distance runner. His father died four days before the 2016 Houston Marathon, where he was supposed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. Depressed, he failed to meet the qualification time, but was selected for the Olympic after a special meeting of the selection committee.[2]
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2016 Mexico Summer Olympics team
- Ernesto Boardman
- Gabriela Bayardo
- Aída Román
- Alejandra Valencia
- Alberto Álvarez
- Diego del Real
- Brenda Flores
- Pedro Daniel Gómez
- Lupita González
- Margarita Hernández
- José Carlos Herrera
- Horacio Nava
- José Leyver Ojeda
- Alejandra Ortega
- Ever Palma
- Madaí Pérez
- Ricardo Ramos
- Edgar Rivera
- Marisol Romero
- Julio César Salazar
- María Guadalupe Sánchez
- Yvonne Treviño
- Daniel Vargas
- Omar Zepeda
- Raúl Curiel
- Lindolfo Delgado
- Elías Emigdio
- Misael Rodríguez
- Juan Pablo Romero
- Joselito Velázquez
- Daniela Campuzano
- Luis Lemus
- Ignacio Prado
- Carolina Rodríguez
- Rodrigo Diego
- Paola Espinosa
- Iván García
- Dolores Hernández
- Melany Hernández
- Jahir Ocampo
- Alejandra Orozco
- Rommel Pacheco
- Germán Sánchez
- José Abella
- Érick Aguirre
- Marco Bueno
- Carlos Cisneros
- Carlos Fierro
- Alfonso González
- Érick Gutiérrez
- Víctor Guzmán
- Gibrán Lajud
- Raúl López
- Hirving Lozano
- César Montes
- Oribe Peralta
- Michael Pérez
- Rodolfo Pizarro
- Carlos Salcedo
- Jordan Silva
- Alfredo Talavera
- Erick Torres
- Jorge Torres Nilo
- Ismael Hernández
- Tamara Vega
- María Espinoza
- Saúl Gutiérrez
- Itzel Manjarrez
- Carlos Navarro
- Santiago González
- Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
- Rodrigo González
- Crisanto Grajales
- Cecilia Pérez
- Irving Pérez
- Claudia Rivas
- Tomás Aguilera
- Jorge Barajas
- Samuel Córdova
- Carlos Guerra
- José Martínez
- Lombardo Ontiveros
- Néstor Orellana
- Jesús Alberto Perales
- Jorge Quiñones
- Jesús Rangel
- Pedro Rangel
- Gonzalo Ruiz
- Daniel Vargas
- Juan Virgen
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