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Paulo Villar

Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Villar Nieto
Born	(1978-07-28) July 28, 1978 (age 46) Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Men's Athletics
Club	Atlantic League, Antioquia
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Colombia Bolivarian Games 2001 Ambato 110 m hurdles 2005 Armenia 110 m hurdles 2005 Armenia 400 m hurdles 2009 Sucre 110 m hurdles 2009 Sucre 4x100 m relay 2013 Trujillo 110 m hurdles 2013 Trujillo 400 m hurdles
Updated on 11 June 2014

Paulo César Villar Nieto (born 28 July 1978 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a Colombian hurdling athlete.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he finished second in 13.29 seconds, equalling the South American record of Brazilian Redelén dos Santos as well as establishing a new national record.

Personal bests

• 100 m: 10.69 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) – Medellín, 25 April 2009
• 200 m: 21.29 s (wind: NWI) – Bogotá, 13 August 2006
• 110 m hurdles: 13.27 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Guadalajara, 28 October 2011
• 400 m hurdles: 50.34 s – Trujillo, 28 November 2013

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1996	South American Junior Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	14.8
1997	South American Junior Championships	San Carlos, Uruguay	2nd	110 m H	15.39
			3rd	400 m H	55.74
1999	South American Championships	Bogota, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	14.31 A
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	5th (h)	110 m H	14.20 (w)
			30th (h)	400 m H	52.79
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	110 m H	13.88
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	25th (h)	110 m H	13.82
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	110 m H	13.58 A
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	110 m H	13.57
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	110 m H	13.94 w (+2.6 m/s)
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	110 m H	14.12
			6th	4 × 100 m	40.73
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	11th (h)	110 m H	13.81
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	110 m H	13.64
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	29th (qf)	110 m H	14.03
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.49 w
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	25th (h)	110 m H	14.12
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	110 m H	13.44 (-0.1 m/s) GR A
			1st	400 m H	50.61 A
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th	60 m H	7.61 (NRi)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.29 (NR, =AR)
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	110 m H	13.62
			2nd	4 × 100 m	40.17
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	17th (sf)	60 m H	7.81
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	1st	110 m H	13.74
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.45
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th (sf)	110 m H	13.85
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	110 m H	13.89
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th (sf)	110 m H	13.44
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	110 m H	13.64 A
			1st	4 × 100 m	39.25 GR A
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	60 m H	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	8th	110 m H	20.10
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	110 m H	13.85
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	110 m H	13.60
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	13th (sf)	110 m H	13.73
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	110 m H	13.27 (NR)
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	110 m H	13.97
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (sf)	110 m H	13.63
2013	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	2nd	110 m H	13.80 (-0.4 m/s)
			3rd	400 m H	50.34

References

1. Biografía - VILLAR Paulo Cesar, retrieved June 11, 2014
2. Listado Oficial de Atletas Participantes - Paulo Cesar Villar Nieto (in Spanish), archived from the original on September 23, 2015, retrieved June 11, 2014
3. Ordóñez O., Luis Guillermo (23 April 2012), Juegos Olímpicos - Paulo Villar no conoce los obstáculos (in Spanish), El Espectador, retrieved June 11, 2014

External links

• Paulo Villar at World Athletics
• Paulo Villar at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Paulo Villar at Olympics.com

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Colombian male hurdlers
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Olympic athletes for Colombia
• Sportspeople from Magdalena Department
• Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
• Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
• Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
• 20th-century Colombian people
• 21st-century Colombian people
• Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
• Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
• Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia
• Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Colombia