José Eduardo Acevedo Herrera (born 30 March 1986) is a Venezuelan athlete.
Career He competed in the 200 meters race at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He finished fifth in his heat with a time of 21.06 seconds, failing to reach the second round.
Personal bests Outdoor 100 m: 10.45 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) – Tempe, United States, 21 March 2009 200 m: 20.58 s NR (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Fayetteville, United States, 30 May 2008 400 m: 46.07 s – Gainesville, United States, 17 May 2009 Indoor 60 m: 6.76 s NR – Lexington, United States, 7 February 2009 200 m: 20.99 s NR – Fayetteville, United States, 14 March 2008 400 m: 47.08 s NR – Fayetteville, United States, 2 March 2008
Achievements Representing 2001World Youth ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary5th (h)200 m22.13 s (wind: -0.9 m/s)4th (sf)400 m48.76 s 8thMedley Relay 1000m (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)1:55.38 minSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina7th200 m22.31 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)2nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.91 minPan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2nd4 × 400 m relay3:14.06 min2002South American Junior Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBelém, Brazil – 4 × 100 m relayDQ2nd4 × 400 m relay3:11.20 minSouth American Youth ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay3rd200 m21.66 s w (wind: +3.4 m/s)2nd400 m48.22 s2003World Youth ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada – 400 mDQPan American Junior ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados3rd (h)400 m48.31 s2004South American Under-23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela2nd (h)200 m20.96 s w (wind: -0.6 m/s)World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy23rd (sf)200 m21.66 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)39th (h)400 m48.95 s2005ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba3rd200 m21.27 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)2nd4 × 400 m relay3:10.21 minSouth American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia5th200 m20.93 s w (wind: +4.9 m/s)4th4 × 400 m relay3:09.02 min2006Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia11th (sf)200 m21.12 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)5th4 × 400 m relay3:05.82 min2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd200 m20.79 s A4th4 × 400 m relay3:06.10 min AOlympic GamesBeijing, China5th (h)200 m21.06 s2011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico4th (h)200 m21.03 s (wind: +1.5 m/s)6th4 × 400 m relay3:04.93 minALBA GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuela5th400 m46.76 s1st4 × 400 m relay3:04.83 minPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico17th (sf)200 m20.85 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)3rd4 × 400 m relay3:00.82 min2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rd (h)4 × 400 m relay3:11.11 minIbero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela4th200 m20.76 s (wind: -0.9 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay39.01 s NR
References
External links José Acevedo - IAAF.org Profile