Alejandro Suárez Velázquez (born 30 November 1980)sports-reference is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. His personal best time is 13:18.13 minutes, achieved in June 2003 in Victoria. He clocked a sub four-minute mile (3:59.81) in Burnaby, BC in 2005.
He was a two-time winner of the North American 5K Championships, taking the 2003 and 2004 titles – he was the only man to win multiple times at the competition.North American 5 Kilometres Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20. He won the silver medal at the 2006 NACAC Cross Country Championships.NACAC Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-24.
International competitions Representing 2000NACAC U-25 ChampionshipsMonterrey, Mexico2nd1500m3:48.091st5000m14:11.482001Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd5000 m14:11.762002Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd3000 m8:10.62 1st5000 m14:16.222003North American Men's Marathon Relay ChampionshipsAkron, United States1stMarathon relay2:05:30Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic4th5000 m13:58.192004North American Men's Marathon Relay ChampionshipsAkron, United States1stMarathon relay2:05:352006Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd5000 m14:10.582007Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd10,000 m28:09.95World Championships Osaka, Japan14th10,000 m28:52.192008Olympic Games Beijing, China35th10,000 m29:24.78Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile2nd5000 m13:51.202009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany37thMarathon2:18:552011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico2nd10,000 m29:15.49
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