Juan José Castillo Izarra (born March 13, 1968) is a retired male

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from

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. He is a one-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon (1997) in a time of 2:18:35 hours. He represented his native

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n country in the men's 10,000 metres at the

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* 1968 births Living people Peruvian male marathon runners Peruvian male long-distance runners Peruvian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics South American Games bronze medalists for Peru South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1990 South American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Peru 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Peru Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Peru {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub