International Sport
Who is Luis Grijalva? The Guatemalan dreamer who seeks glory in Paris 2024
Guatemalan athlete Luis Grijalva is ready to compete this Wednesday, August 7, at the Olympic Games.
Luis Grijalva (left) competing in one of the world tournaments. (Photo Prensa Libre: AFP)
Grijalva will compete in the 5000m event this Wednesday, August 6, and will seek to achieve Olympic glory in Paris 2024.
Luis Miguel Grijalva He is an athlete who was born in Guatemala on April 10, 1999. When he was barely one year old, he left for the United States with his family in search of better life opportunities.
At 24 years old, Grijalva has become a reference in national athletics. He currently holds several national records, including the 10 thousand, 5 thousand and 3 thousand meters.
Luis officially competed for Guatemala on August 3, 2021 when he jumped onto the athletics track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in a heat eliminatory for the final of the 5,000 metres, a test considered to be a long distance (endurance) race.
Grijalva competed for medals and closed his participation in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics in 12th place, also setting a national and Central American record (5.09). Grijalva achieved his qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in it World Athletics Championshipson August 31, 2023, in ZurichSwitzerland, with a final time of 12:55:88.
Luis inspires Guatemalans to dream of a third medal in these Olympic jousts and the fourth in history. After her good performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where she managed to reach the final of the 5,000-meter flat and placed in the place 12.
Grijalva achieved his qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in it World Athletics Championshipson August 31, 2023, in ZurichSwitzerland, with a final time of 12:55:88.
Grijalva, who spent the last two weeks in a preparation camp in France facing their debut at the Games on Wednesday, August 7, (3:00 hrs.) in their heat eliminatoryif they qualify for the final, this would take place on Saturday, August 10 at 11.
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