Álvaro Mejía (athlete)
Colombian long-distance runner (1940–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Florez.
Álvaro Mejía Florez (15 May 1940 – 12 January 2021) was a long-distance runner from Colombia, who became a national hero after competing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games 5,000 meter.
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Born | (1940-05-15)15 May 1940 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 80) Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mejía competed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 10,000 meters, where he placed tenth, and in the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he ran the marathon. Mejía also won the 1971 Boston Marathon in two hours, eighteen minutes and 45 seconds. He won a bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games in the 10,000 metres. Mejía won the Saint Silvester Road Race in 1966.