Claudio Ignacio Romero Beltrán (born 10 July 2000) is a Chilean

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete competing in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the

2017 IAAF World U18 Championships The 2017 IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for Under-18 athletics, youth (under-18) athletes. The five- ...

held in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships, World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) ...

held in Tampere, Finland. In 2019, he competed in the men's discus throw event at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

held in Lima, Peru. He did not record a mark. He also won a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in San José, Costa Rica, extending his national record with a mark of 62.30 meters. Competing collegiately for the

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, Romero was named a first-team All-American and won the ACC outdoor title in 2021. He was the 2022 NCAA discus champion defeating arch rival and NCAA discus record holder Mykolas Alekna, y two centimetersWho is the son of legendary Discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna. Claudio left his team at UVA to transfer to LSU. Although, his ties were cut there, he began his next journey in his career.

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* Living people 2000 births Athletes from Santiago, Chile Chilean male discus throwers Pan American Games athletes for Chile Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games World Youth Championships in Athletics winners Virginia Cavaliers men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in athletics South American Games competitors for Chile NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Chile 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Chile-athletics-bio-stub