Braian Toledo

Braian Toledo

Personal information
Full name	Braian Ezequiel Toledo
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 23) Marcos Paz, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Sport
Sport	Field
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 g: 83.32 m (Beijing 2015) 700 g: 89.34 m (Mar del Plata 2010)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Javelin throw Ibero-American Championships 2012 Barquisimeto Javelin throw World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Javelin throw Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Port-of-Spain Javelin throw 2011 Miramar Javelin throw Summer Youth Olympics 2010 Singapore Javelin throw World Youth Championships 2009 Brixen Javelin throw South American Under-23 Championships 2012 São Paulo Javelin throw 2014 Montevideo Javelin throw South American Junior Championships 2011 Medellín Javelin throw 2009 São Paulo Javelin throw South American Youth Championships 2010 Santiago Javelin throw 2008 Lima Javelin throw

Braian Ezequiel Toledo (born 8 September 1993) is an Argentine javelin thrower who has improved the World Youth Best in boys' javelin throw by more than six meters.

He won the inaugural javelin title at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore and also won gold at the 2010 South American Youth Championships and 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.

On 2011 Braian protagonized a publicitary spot for the campaign of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the presidential elections. And on 2012 he participated, along with others Olympic athletes, in a campaign of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to recover the grandchildren that were robbed during the National Reorganization Process.

Born and raised in Marcos Paz, Braian Toledo grew up in a small one-bedroomed house with his mother and two younger brothers. Athletics coach Gustavo Osorio gave a class at Toledo's school and invited him to join with his training group. Initially focused on football – the most prominent and potentially profitable sport in Argentina – Toledo took the decision to focus solely on track and field instead at the age of twelve.

He managed a bronze medal at the South American Youth Championships in 2008. However, it was at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy that he first made a name for himself. In a very tight final on July 23, Toledo languished in seventh place until round five, when he threw a new personal best of 73.44 metres. This was enough to win him the bronze against boys a year older, just 56 centimetres from gold.

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