Eduard Villanueva

Eduar Villanueva

Villanueva at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Eduar Antonio Villanueva
Born	(1984-12-29) 29 December 1984 (age 32) Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Track
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 metres: 1:46.33 1500 metres: 3:36.96
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Venezuela Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 1500 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 800 m 2010 Mayagüez 1500 m South American Championships 2007 São Paulo 1500 m 2009 Lima 1500 m CAC Championships 2009 Havana 1500 m 2008 Cali 800 m
Updated on 19 June 2013.

Eduar Antonio Villanueva (born 29 December 1984) is a Venezuelan middle distance runner. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics and has participated in the World Championships in Athletics on three consecutive occasions (2007, 2009, 2011). In 2011 he had the best ever performance by a Venezuelan runner at the World Championships, coming sixth in the 1500 metres. He set a Venezuelan record of 3:36.96 minutes in the semi-final.

In regional competition, Villanueva is a two-time bronze medallist at the South American Championships in Athletics and has won a gold medal at both the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Central American and Caribbean Championships. He was a participant at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Born in Barquisimeto, Lara, he won his first international medal at the 2004 South American Under-23 Championships held in his hometown, where he took the 5000 metres bronze medal. He ran in the 1500 metres at the 2005 Bolivarian Games and set a personal best of 3:46.32 minutes, finishing in fourth place.

The 2006 season saw him establish himself as a senior athlete. He was third in the 800 metres at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships, won his first national title over 1500 m, and represented Venezuela at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. At the Games he ran two personal bests: 1:48.21 min for fifth in the 800 m and 3:44.27 min for fourth in the 1500 m. He came fifth in the 800 m in his senior continental debut at the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics. He won two medals at the 2006 South American Under-23 event, winning the 1500 m and coming a close second to Brazil's Kléberson Davide in the shorter race.