CASTEL BLANCO Jorge

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Marathon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	134th (2:39:25)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Marathon
2017	London, GBR	DNF

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Technological University of Panama, Panama

Son Ethan

Spanish

Club Corredores del Istmo [Panama]

Juan Carlos Cardona Rios, COL

Pain in his hamstrings after the 2020 Valencia Marathon in Spain meant that he decided not to compete on the South American circuit, instead focusing on training for the 2020 Olympic Games. (espanol.eurosport.com, 06 Dec 2020)

At the 2017 World Championships in London, England, he was forced to retire from the marathon with fatigue. (tvmax-9.com, 06 Aug 2020; worldathletics.org, 06 Aug 2017)

He began participating in athletics at age eight, in addition to baseball and cycling. He started taking athletics seriously at Club Corredores del Istmo in Panama, and decided to concentrate on the marathon in 2014. (prensa.com, 17 Apr 2016; corredoresdelistmo.com, 19 Jun 2011; mundosocial.net, 01 Feb 2021)

To finish in the top 20 in the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 07 May 2021; pandeportes.gob.pa, 09 Dec 2020)

When he is in Panama, he trains in Volcan, Cerro Punta, Boquete or on trails near his home. He also regularly attends training camps in Colombia. (mundosocial.net, 01 Feb 2021; tunoticiaexpress.com, 07 Apr 2021)

"Insist, persist, and never give up." (copanama.com, 13 Dec 2020)