Roberto Echeverría
Chilean marathon runner
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Roberto Carlos Echeverría Boutaud (born February 23, 1976, in Cunco, Araucanía) is a Chilean marathon runner.[1] He set a personal best time of 2:15:37, by winning the 2008 Santiago Marathon, earning him a spot on the Chilean team for the Olympics.[2][3]
Echeverria represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon. He successfully finished the race in forty-ninth place by three seconds ahead of South Korea's Kim Yi-Yong, with a time of 2:23:54.[4]
Personal bests
- 3000 m: 8:07.71 –
Santiago, 25 April 2007 - 5000 m: 14:06.4 (ht) –
Concepción, 12 May 2007 - 10,000 m: 29:28.05 –
Valdivia, 8 February 2014 - Marathon: 2:15:37 –
Santiago, 6 April 2008