José Salvador Miranda (born 22 August 1971 in

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) is a Mexican former

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who competed in the

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. His personal best in the 3000 metres steeplechase is 8:25.69 achieved in 2000. Until 2020, he maintains the Steeplechase record in Mexico and Central America. He now coaches the distance and middle distance runners from the athletics team of the Mexican college

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, Campus Ciudad de México in

. Among his most important achievements, he has been granted with several recognitions from the

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, the Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo and the

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Competition record

References

* 1971 births Living people Athletes from Mexico City Mexican male middle-distance runners Mexican male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub