Paulo Villar
Personal information
Full namePaulo César Villar Nieto
Born (1978-07-28) July 28, 1978
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportMen's Athletics
ClubAtlantic League, Antioquia
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Colombia
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2001 Ambato 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2005 Armenia 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2005 Armenia 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2009 Sucre 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2009 Sucre 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2013 Trujillo 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2013 Trujillo 400 m hurdles
Updated on 11 June 2014.

Paulo César Villar Nieto (born 28 July 1978 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a Colombian hurdling athlete.[1][2][3]

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he finished second in 13.29 seconds, equalling the South American record of Brazilian Redelén dos Santos as well as establishing a new national record.

Personal bests

  • 100 m: 10.69 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) – Colombia Medellín, 25 April 2009
  • 200 m: 21.29 s (wind: NWI) – Colombia Bogotá, 13 August 2006
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.27 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Mexico Guadalajara, 28 October 2011
  • 400 m hurdles: 50.34 s – Peru Trujillo, 28 November 2013

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Colombia
1996 South American Junior Championships Bucaramanga, Colombia 2nd 110 m H 14.8
1997 South American Junior Championships San Carlos, Uruguay 2nd 110 m H 15.39
3rd 400 m H 55.74
1999 South American Championships Bogota, Colombia 2nd 110 m H 14.31 A
Universiade Palma, Spain 5th (h) 110 m H 14.20 (w)
30th (h) 400 m H 52.79
2001 South American Championships Manaus, Brazil 3rd 110 m H 13.88
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 25th (h) 110 m H 13.82
Bolivarian Games Ambato, Ecuador 1st 110 m H 13.58 A
2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 110 m H 13.57
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd 110 m H 13.94 w (+2.6 m/s)
2003 South American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 4th 110 m H 14.12
6th 4 × 100 m 40.73
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 11th (h) 110 m H 13.81
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 4th 110 m H 13.64
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 29th (qf) 110 m H 14.03
2005 South American Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 110 m H 13.49 w
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 25th (h) 110 m H 14.12
Bolivarian Games Armenia, Colombia 1st 110 m H 13.44 (-0.1 m/s) GR A
1st 400 m H 50.61 A
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 7th 60 m H 7.61 (NRi)
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 110 m H 13.29 (NR, =AR)
South American Championships Tunja, Colombia 1st 110 m H 13.62
2nd 4 × 100 m 40.17
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 17th (sf) 60 m H 7.81
Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 1st 110 m H 13.74
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 110 m H 13.45
Olympic Games Beijing, China 16th (sf) 110 m H 13.85
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st 110 m H 13.89
World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th (sf) 110 m H 13.44
Bolivarian Games Sucre, Bolivia 1st 110 m H 13.64 A
1st 4 × 100 m 39.25 GR A
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar – 60 m H DQ
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 8th 110 m H 20.10
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd 110 m H 13.85
Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd 110 m H 13.60
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 13th (sf) 110 m H 13.73
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 110 m H 13.27 (NR)
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 5th 110 m H 13.97
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 20th (sf) 110 m H 13.63
2013 Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Perú 2nd 110 m H 13.80 (-0.4 m/s)
3rd 400 m H 50.34

References

  1. ↑ Biografía - VILLAR Paulo Cesar, retrieved June 11, 2014
  2. ↑ Listado Oficial de Atletas Participantes - Paulo Cesar Villar Nieto (in Spanish), archived from the original on September 23, 2015, retrieved June 11, 2014
  3. ↑ Ordóñez O., Luis Guillermo (23 April 2012), Juegos Olímpicos - Paulo Villar no conoce los obstáculos (in Spanish), El Espectador, retrieved June 11, 2014
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