José Francisco Nava (born 19 January 1983) is a Chilean former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. He achieved his personal best of in 2003. He also competed, less frequently, in the long jump, triple jump and decathlon.José Francisco NAVA. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.
His first major senior medal was a bronze at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – an honour he repeated in 2006. Nava competed at five editions of the South American Championships in Athletics from 2001 to 2007, having a best pole vault finish of fourth in 2001 and 2006. He was a participant at the Pan American Games in 2003 and 2007, and also the 2003 Summer Universiade.
He began his international career in 1998 and took silver medals behind compatriot Jorge Naranjo at the South American Youth and South American Junior Championships. He succeed Nava as the region's top young vaulter with championship records of and to win the youth and junior titles in 2000. He defended the junior title in 2001 before falling behind Brazil's Fábio Gomes da Silva in 2002.South American Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.South American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-10-01. He also won a silver behind Naranjo during this period at the 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.Pan American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-10-01. He represented Chile at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics and the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2000 and 2002.José Francisco Nava. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.
He also won gold medals at the 2007 ALBA Games and the South American University Games in 2004.South American University Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.AthleCAC - Results Service - Servicio de Resultados - II Juegos del ALBA 2007 - ALBA Caracas VEN - 9-12 May 2007. CACAC. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.
International competitions 1998South American Youth ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil2ndPole vault4.20 m1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland14th (q)Pole vault4.40 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile2ndPole vault4.75 m2000South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia1stPole vault5.00 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile10th (q)Pole vault4.80 mIbero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thPole vault4.60 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil1stPole vault5.10 m2001Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2ndPole vault5.25 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1stPole vault5.20 mSouth American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil4thPole vault5.10 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica —Pole vaultSouth American Games/South American Junior ChampionshipsBelém, Brazil2ndPole vault4.90 mIbero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala3rdPole vault5.20 m2003South American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela8thPole vault4.85 mUniversiadeDaegu, South Korea14thPole vault5.00 mPan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic7thPole vault5.20 m2004South American U23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela2ndPole vault5.00 m6thLong jump6.94 m2ndTriple jump14.85 mIbero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain —Pole vaultSouth American University GamesConcepción, Chile1stPole vault4.50 m2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia6thDecathlon6344 pts2006South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia4thPole vault5.15 mIbero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico3rdPole vault5.25 m2007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil5thPole vault5.10 m6thTriple jump14.82 m7th4 × 100 m relay40.82ALBA GamesCaracas, Venezuela1stPole vault4.95 mPan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil —Pole vault2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile —Pole vault6thTriple jump14.67 m
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