José Peña (steeplechaser)
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José Gregorio Peña Trejo (born 12 January 1987) is a
Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
n
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 who specialises in the
3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...
. His personal best for the event is 8:20.87 minutes


Biography

Born in
San Cristóbal, Táchira San Cristóbal () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, from the Colombian ...
, he first established himself on the continental youth scene. His first international outing came at the 2002
South American Youth Championships in Athletics The South American U18 Championships in Athletics (Campeonato Sudamericano U18 de atletismo) is a biennial athletics event organized by "Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo" (CONSUDATLE), the South American area association of the World Athlet ...
, where he came fourth in the boy's 2000 metres steeplechase race. At the 2004 edition of the competition, he won the steeplechase
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
and also came fourth in the
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...
and fifth in the
3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...
flat events. Moving up to the junior under-20 ranks, he ran at the
2005 South American Junior Championships in Athletics The 36th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Municipal Jorge Newbery in Rosario, Argentina from October 1–2, 2005. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the Atletismo Rosari ...
. There he won the 3000 m steeplechase
silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...
behind Peru's
Mario Bazán Mario Bazán (born 1 September 1987 in Lima) is a Peruvian runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Career He competed at the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China ...
, but did not progress beyond the steeplechase heats. In November 2006, he was the runner-up at the
2006 South American Games The VIII South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing ...
(again to Bazán) and ran a national junior record time of 8:50.88 minutes. In Peña's first season as a senior athlete, he won the
bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
in the steeplechase at the
2007 South American Championships in Athletics The 2007 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Mello in São Paulo, Brazil from 7 June to 9 June 2007. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 were by male and 22 by female athletes. Continu ...
. He was also the runner-up at the 2007 ALBA Games event. He focused on longer distances in 2008, coming seventh in the
South American Cross Country Championships The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of ...
and winning the national title over
5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...
. At the
2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (''Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo''), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of f ...
he came fifth in his specialist steeplechase event.José Gregorio Peña
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2 November 2011.
His focus returned to steeplechasing in the 2009 season. He came second at the 2009 ALBA Games, fifth at the World Military Track and Field Championships, then ran a personal best of 8:36.17 minutes at the
2009 South American Championships in Athletics The 2009 South American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''2009 Campeonatos Sudamericanos'') was the forty sixth edition of the tournament and was held between 19 and 21 June in Lima, Peru. Brazil dominated the tournament, easily finishing w ...
in
Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
– finishing just one second behind the host nation's Mario Bazán who broke the championship record. Two weeks later, he competed at the
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics The 2009 in athletics (track and field), 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships (Spanish: ''XXII Campeonato CAC Atletismo'') was the twenty second edition of the tournament and was held between 3 and 7 July in Havana, Cuba. Event summar ...
and won the silver medal. He won the 2010 Venezuelan steeplechase title, but missed the rest of the track season that year. At the
2011 South American Championships in Athletics The 2011 South American Championships in Athletics were the 47th edition of the South American Championships in Athletics, South American Championships, organised under the supervision of the CONSUDATLE. They were held at the CeNARD, National Cent ...
, Peña missed out on a steeplechase medal for the first time, coming in fifth place. A month later, he ran a personal best of 8:34.90 minutes at the
2011 Military World Games The 2011 Military World Games (), officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games (), was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th Military World Games was the largest military sports event ever held in Brazil, wit ...
and was eighth in the event final. At the end of July he won the title at the
2011 ALBA Games The IV ALBA Games (Spanish: ''Juegos del ALBA Bicentenario'') is a multi-sport event held between 17–30 July 2011 in ten different states of Venezuela. The games are organized by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). Participating ...
. The
2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...
in
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saw him achieve his best finish to date, taking the Pan American gold medal ahead of Brazil's
Hudson de Souza Hudson Santos de Souza (born February 25, 1977) is a retired Brazilian middle-distance runner who mostly competed over 1500 metres. He broke a number of South American records in middle-distance events. He won twice at the South American Cr ...
with a tactical sprint finish.José Peña logró la undécima dorada
.
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Venezuela (28 October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
This achievement followed in the footsteps of his compatriot Néstor Nieves, who won the same event in 2003. Peña served as the flag bearer for Venezuela at the opening ceremony of the 2014 South American Games.José Peña
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Personal bests

*1500 m: 3:44.06 min – Eagle Rock, 4 May 2013 *3000 m: 7:54.42 min –
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, 26 August 2013 *5000 m: 13:47.25 min –
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, 29 March 2013 *3000 m steeplechase: 8:20.87 min NR –
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, 1 September 2013


International competitions


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Jose Living people 1987 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Sportspeople from San Cristóbal, Táchira Venezuelan male steeplechase runners Venezuelan male middle-distance runners Venezuelan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Venezuela Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics