Josué Canales
Spanish athlete (born 2001)
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Elvin Josué Canales Escoto (born 5 September 2001) is a Honduran-born Spanish middle-distance runner.[3] In 2025, he became the Spanish indoor national record holder over 800 metres, and earned the bronze medal in this event at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
Canales in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elvin Josué Canales Escoto[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 2001[2] Honduras[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Spain (since June 2024) Honduras (before) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 800 m: 1:44.49 (Guadalajara 2024) 1500 m: 3:58.56 (Sabadell 2020) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Career
In 2017 he won the Spanish Under-18 Championships in Getafe in both the 400 and 800 metres races.[5]
Representing Honduras he won gold in the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 2020 Central American Championships in Athletics in Costa Rica.[6][7]
In June 2024, he ran 1:44.49 in Guadalajara to meet the minimum standard for the Olympic Games.[8][9] Later that month he received clearance to represent Spain. In his first race as a Spaniard he finished second in the 800 meters at the Spanish Athletics Championships in La Nucia.[10][11][12] He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[13][14]
Competing at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Luxembourg in January 2025, he took the Spanish indoor record and moved to sixth on the all-time European 800 metres list with a run of 1:44.65.[15] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[16] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where he earned a bronze medal.[17][18]
Canales was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026 and was active in the front of his 800 m heat, but did not advance to the semi-finals, running 1:47.30.[19][20]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Honduras | |||||
| 2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 4th (sf) | 400 m | 48.21 |
| Central American Games | Managua, Nicaragua | 2nd | 800 m | 1:52.92 | |
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 15th | 800 m | 1:52.52 |
| 2020 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 800 m | 2:01.30 |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:05.46 | |||
Representing  Spain | |||||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 33rd (h) | 800 m | 1:46.48 |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 5th | 800 m i | 1:45.88 |
| World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 3rd | 800 m i | 1:45.03 | |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 22nd (h) | 800 m i | 1:47.30 |