Silvio Guerra

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Silvio Guerra

Personal information
Full name	Silvio Román Guerra Burbano
Born	(1968-09-18) September 18, 1968 (age 56) San Gabriel, Carchi, Ecuador
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Men's Athletics
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1996 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics
Medal record Athletics Representing  Ecuador South American Games 1990 Lima 10,000 m 1990 Lima 5,000 m Bolivarian Games 1993 Cochabamba 1,500 m 1993 Cochabamba 5,000 m 2001 Ambato 10,000 m 1989 Maracaibo Half marathon 2005 Armenia Half marathon 1993 Cochabamba 3,000 m steeplechase

Silvio Román Guerra Burbano (born September 18, 1968 in San Gabriel, Carchi) is an Ecuadorian runner.

A member of Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha he represented Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He has won many tournaments. He has held the Ecuadorian marathon record since 1997, 2:09:49. This was achieved at the Chicago Marathon.

Guerra has won numerous medals at the South American Cross Country Championships: starting with a silver medal in 1993, gold the following year, a second silver in 2000, and finally a bronze medal in 2005.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ecuador
1989	Bolivarian Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	Half marathon	1:08:25
	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	5000 m	14:11.20
1990	South American Games	Lima, Peru	2nd	5,000 m	14:10.8
			1st	10,000 m	29:59.7
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	1,500 m	3:57.01 A
			1st	5,000 m	14:31.00 A
			3rd	3,000 m steeplechase	9:29.65 A
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th	5000m	13:54.10
			4th	10,000m	28:40.16
1997	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	8th	Marathon	2:09:49
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th	Marathon	2:16:27
2001	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:10:07
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	10,000 m	30:28.58 A
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	61st	Marathon	2:25:29
2005	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	2nd	Half marathon	1:07:31 A

• Silvio Guerra at World Athletics
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