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José Meléndez

Personal information
Full name	José Daniel Meléndez Mayorga
Born	(1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31) Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Event	Sprinting
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Venezuela South American Championships 2013 Cartagena 400 m 2013 Cartagena 4x400 m relay
Updated on 20 January 2015

José Daniel Meléndez Mayorga (born 19 May 1993 in Calabozo or Zaraza, Guárico) is a Venezuelan sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

• 200 m: 20.94 (wind: +1.1 m/s) – Barquisimeto, 25 August 2012
• 400 m: 45.82 – Moscow, 11 August 2013

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Venezuela
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.70
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	13th (sf)	400 m	46.83
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.62
	South American Under-23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	—	400m	DNF
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	400 m	46.31
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.64
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	22nd (sf)	400 m	46.22
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.04
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.17
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.44
	South American Under-23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	400m	46.07
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	41.95
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd (h)	400m	46.62 A
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.80 A
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.15
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	200 m	21.29
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.96
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.47
	World Championships	Beijing, China	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.96
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	5th	400 m	46.62
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.75
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	–	400 m	DNF
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.62

References

1. Guariqueño José Meléndez alcanzó oro en el máximo Viloria y clasificó para el mundial de atletismo (in Spanish), Diario la Antena, San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, May 9, 2012, archived from the original on September 13, 2017, retrieved May 6, 2014
2. Lo nombraron Hijo Ilustre y le entregaron la Llave de la Ciudad - Guárico: Calabozo recibió a su Atleta Olímpico José Meléndez (in Spanish), Abrebrecha, August 20, 2012, retrieved May 6, 2014
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Meléndez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
4. Biografía - General - MELENDEZ Jose - Venezuela (in Spanish), archived from the original on May 7, 2014, retrieved May 6, 2014
5. London 2012 profile Archived 2013-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
6. Did not start in the final

External links

• José Meléndez at World Athletics

• 1993 births
• Living people
• Venezuelan male sprinters
• Olympic athletes for Venezuela
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Sportspeople from Guárico
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Venezuela
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
• South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
• South American Games medalists in athletics
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
• Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela
• Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela
• 21st-century Venezuelan people