Juan Carlos de la Ossa
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Juan Carlos de la Ossa is a Spanish
middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 5000
and 10,000 metres. He won a bronze medal in the latter event at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics
. His personal best time is 27:27.80 minutes, achieved in April 2005 in Barakaldo.
Spain
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middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 5000
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...
and 10,000 metres. He won a bronze medal in the latter event at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics
2006 European Championships in Athletics
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...
. His personal best time is 27:27.80 minutes, achieved in April 2005 in Barakaldo.
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | World Championships 2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
9th | 5000 m |
| 2004 | European Cross Country Championships | Heringsdorf, Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
2nd | Long race |
| 2005 | World Championships 2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of... |
Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
14th | 10,000 m 2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 10,000 metres The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The final was held on 8 August 2005.-Medalists:- Finishing times :-References:*... |
| 2006 | European Championships | Göteborg, Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
3rd | 10,000 m 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8.After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again... |