Andrés Vera

Andrés Vera Llorens (born 31 December 1960 in Castellón de la Plana) is a retired Spanish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres.[2] He represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the final, as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vera and the second or maternal family name is Llorens.

Andrés Vera

Personal information
Born	(1960-12-31) 31 December 1960 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	13th (sf)	800 m	1:49.35
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th (sf)	800 m	1:50.42
	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	4th	1500 m	3:41.27
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	3rd (h)	800 m	1:49.75
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	7th	1500 m	3:37.02
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	8th	1500 m	3:52.89
	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	4th	1500 m	3:40.56
1986	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	1500 m	3:44.99
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	6th	1500 m	3:47.89
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	30th (h)	1500 m	3:43.24
	Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	3rd	800 m	1:50.37
			10th	1500 m	3:45.33
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th (h)	1500 m	3:43.65

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:46.85 (Madrid 1984)
• 1000 metres – 2:17.78 (Nice 1985)
• 1500 metres – 3:35.86 (A Coruña 1986)
• One mile – 3:55.33 (Oslo 1984)
• 2000 metres – 5:02.78 (Seville 1986)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:50.09 (Budapest 1983)
• 1500 metres – 3:40.51 (Pireaus 1985)

References

1. Sports-Reference profile
2. Andrés Vera at World Athletics

• All-Athletics profile