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Colombian sprinter (born 1998)

Anthony Zambrano

Zambrano in 2019
Personal information
Full name Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz
Born (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)Maicao, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
Sport Athletics
Events 200 metres400 metres4×100 metres4×400 metresMixed relay
Medal record Representing Colombia Men's athletics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 0 1 0 Pan American Games 2 0 0 Ibero-American Championships 0 0 1 South American Championships 4 0 0 South American U23 Championships 3 0 0 Total 9 2 1 Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 400 m World Championships Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 400 m Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 400 m Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay Ibero-American Championships Bronze medal – third place 2024 Cuiabá 400 m South American Championships Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 400 m Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay Gold medal – first place 2023 São Paulo 400 m Gold medal – first place 2023 São Paulo Mixed relay South American U23 Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Cuenca 400 m Gold medal – first place 2018 Cuenca 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2018 Cuenca 4×400 m relay

Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz (born 17 January 1998) is a Colombian sprinter. He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres, setting the new South American record of 43.93 seconds.

He was also a finalist of the 400 metres in the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Cali, Colombia. The following year he was in the final of the 400 metres at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He currently holds the national record and national record U23 in the 400 meters at 43.93 sec, which also becomes South American record U23[1] and the second best historical mark of South America in the 400 meters. He won the 2018 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, setting the championship record. In 2019 he won the Pan American Games 400 meters in Lima, Peru.

He has qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics[2] where he won the silver medal in the 400 metres with a time of 44.08, finishing behind Steven Gardiner.

  1. ^ "Zambrano: 44.68 en 400, récord sudamericano u23 - ConSudAtle - Prensa". 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ canalrcn.com (29 March 2021). "Estos son los deportistas colombianos clasificados a los Juegos Olímpicos Tokio 2020". Estos son los deportistas colombianos clasificados a los Juegos Olímpicos Tokio 2020 (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2021.