ZAMBRANO Anthony Jose

Date of Birth: 17 Jan 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MAICAO

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : QUITO

Residence Country:

Ecuador

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m	2
	Men's 4 x 400m Relay COL Colombia

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (3:01.84)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (44.15)	4th (2:59.50)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	6th (3:05.91)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Lima, PER	1st (44.83)	1st (3:01.41)

South American Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Lima, PER	1st (45.53)	1st (3:04.04)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	400m	Florence, ITA	44.76
2	2021	400m	Doha, QAT	44.57

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

Motorcycles. (tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Nelson Gutierrez [personal], CUB

He dislocated his right ankle soon after the 2016 Olympic Games and needed two years to recover from the injury. (tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020; elcomercio.com, 25 Oct 2019)

He took up athletics during high school in Barranquilla, Colombia. (elespectador.com, 17 Jul 2015; coldeportes.gov.co, 13 Jul 2016)

His physical education teacher suggested he take up running. At the time he worked as a rickshaw driver, which helped to strengthen his legs. "The sports teacher saw my potential and asked me if I wanted to practise the sport. As he saw I was fast and was not tired, he signed me up to a school competition and I beat runners who had been training for some time." Later he joined the Colombian Athletics Prospects programme. (semana.com, 10 Apr 2019; rcnradio.com, 07 Oct 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eltiempo.com, 21 Dec 2019)

He trains six days per week, splitting his sessions between track and strength work. (worldathletics.org, 17 Feb 2021)

Winning silver in the 400m at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (caracol.com, 27 Mar 2020)

His mother. "All my medals are for her." (elpais.com.co, 04 Oct 2019; tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020)

Philosophy:

"For me, it's a pleasure to motivate young people. In Colombia they face a lot of violence, go down bad paths, take wrong steps in life. I would like them to see that, if I could do it, they can too. In my case, sport took me off the wrong path. I am happy to be an athlete in my country. My country is happy when I compete." (tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020)

In 2019 he was named Sportsman of the Year by the Colombian sports journalists' association Acord Atlantico. (eluniversal.com.co, 17 Dec 2019)

He was named Afro-Colombian Athlete of the Year in 2019 by the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and the Color de Colombia foundation. (elespectador.com, 04 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
Before pursuing a career in athletics, he had a variety of jobs including rickshaw driver, motorcycle rickshaw driver, bricklayer, painter and decorator, and mechanic. "I don't regret trying any of those things, because those sacrifices helped me to fight and to get to where I am now. Every time I'm on the track, I think about what I am, where I came from, and how I got here." While he was sidelined for two years following his ankle dislocation in 2016, he says he considered quitting the sport and returning to one of his previous jobs. "I was about to give up my career, but my mother supported me and helped me to recover from my injury." (tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020)

FUTURE PLANS
He hopes to work as a mechanic after he retires from competition. "Motorbikes are my hobby. During the lockdown [due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020] I have disassembled my bikes, assembled then again, and made them prettier. The day I end my athletics career, I would like to own my own mechanics business." (tokyo2020.org, 27 Jul 2020)

Milestones

His silver medal in the 400m event at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, was the first world championship medal in a track event for Colombia. (eltiempo.com, 21 Dec 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 04 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos