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| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 67) Villaluenga de la Sagra | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, mile run | |||||||||||||||||
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José Luis González Sánchez (born 8 December 1957 in Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo) is a Spanish former middle-distance runner. He represented Spain at the Olympics on three occasions (1980, 1984, 1992) with his best performance being a semi-final run in the 1500 m in 1980.
Gonzalez won a 1500 m silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics behind Abdi Bile, and also won IAAF World Indoor Championships silver medals in 1985 and 1989. He appeared six times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, starting with a junior silver medal in 1975. He competed at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 and 1990, and was a six-time champion at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Among his other international honours are a silver medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, and wins at the 1987 European Cup and 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He was a seven-time Spanish national champion, winning four 1500 m titles and a 5000 m crown at the Spanish Athletics Championships, plus two victories at the Spanish Cross Country Championships.
He was one of the world's fastest 1500 metres runners of the 1980s – in a race in Nice in 1985, Gonzalez came third behind Steve Cram and Saïd Aouita, who became the first man to run the distance below 3:30 minutes. Gonzalez set a Spanish record of 3:30.92 minutes and a few weeks later also ran a national record in the mile run with 3:47.79 minutes. He was chosen at the Spanish sportsman of the year in 1986.
He received the silver medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 1994 from the Consejo Superior de Deportes.
Statistics
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:47.14 (1984)
- 1500 metres – 3:30.92 (1985)
- Mile run – 3:47.79 (1985) NR
- 2000 metres – 5:02.25 (1985)
- 3000 metres – 7:42.93 (1987)
- 5000 metres – 13:12.34 (1987)
International competitions
National titles
Circuit wins
- 1500 m
- Meeting de Paris: 1983
- Helsinki Grand Prix: 1985, 1986
- Fifth Avenue Mile: 1986
- Míting Internacional d´Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona: 1987
- London Grand Prix: 1987
- Mile
- ISTAF Berlin: 1987
- 3000 m
- DN-Galan: 1987
See also
- List of middle-distance runners
- List of Spanish sportspeople
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (men)
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (men)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men)
- List of 5000 metres national champions (men)
- 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
- Spain at the World Athletics Championships
References
- ^ Jose Luis Gonzalez. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- IAAF World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- European Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- Ibero-American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- Spanish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- Premios Nacionales del Deporte. Consejo Superior de Deportes. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- "El deporte español premia a todos sus héroes" (PDF). mundodeportivo.com. 1994-12-22. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- Non-point scoring performance
External links
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Province of Toledo
- Spanish male middle-distance runners
- Spanish male cross country runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Spain
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Spanish Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen