Víctor Solarte

Víctor José Solarte (born 6 January 1986) is a Venezuelan track and field hurdler who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best was 50.53 seconds, set in 2009. He was a twenty four-time national champion.[1]

Víctor Solarte
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Venezuela
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Rio de Janeiro400 m hurdles
South American Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 Cali400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2006 Tunja4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2011 Buenos Aires400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2015 Lima400 m hurdles

Solarte competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but has never represented his country at the senior World Championships in Athletics.[2] His highest level global honour was a silver behind Raphael Fernandes at the 2011 Military World Games (his time there was 50.60 seconds, among his career best).[3]

At the South American Championships in Athletics he was the hurdles runner-up to Tiago Bueno in 2005,[4] and won further individual bronze medals at the 2011 and 2015 editions.[5] He also won a 4 × 400 metres relay bronze with Venezuela in 2006. He was the 2005 hurdles champion at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics, having won the youth silver behind Diego Venâncio in 2002.[6][7][8][9]

In other regional competitions, he has won minor medals at the ALBA Games and Bolivarian Games. He is a four-time participant (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) and has been a finalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games and Championships. He represented Venezuela at the 2011 Pan American Games, failing to reach the final.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2002 South American Youth Championships Asunción, Paraguay 2nd 400 m hurdles 54.24
2003 South American Junior Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 6th 400 m hurdles 55.30
World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 6th (heats) 400 m hurdles 54.37
2004 South American U23 Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 4th 400 m hurdles 51.14
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 5th (semis) 400 m hurdles 51.69
2005 South American Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.00
Bolivarian Games Armenia, Colombia 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.51
South American Junior Championships Rosario, Argentina 1st 400 m hurdles 51.30
5th 4 × 400 m relay 42.19
2006 South American Championships Tunja, Colombia 5th 400 m hurdles 52.32
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:10.43
South American Games/
South American U23 Championships		 Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th 400 m hurdles 52.80
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.41
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 5th 400 m hurdles 51.66
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.00
CAC Championships Cali, Colombia 4th 400 m hurdles 51.40
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.10
South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru 4th 400 m hurdles 53.25
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:15.19
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 3rd 400 m hurdles 51.07
South American Championships Lima, Peru 6th 400 m hurdles 53.08
Bolivarian Games Sucre, Bolivia 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.83
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 10th (heats) 400 m hurdles 51.64
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd 400 m hurdles 51.13
Military World Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd 400 m hurdles 50.60
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 12th 400 m hurdles 51.31
ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.68
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 11th (heats) 400 m hurdles 54.37
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 5th 400 m hurdles 51.62
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru 4th 400 m hurdles 50.58
2014 CAC Games Xalapa, Mexico 6th 400 m hurdles 51.01
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.83
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 11th (heats) 400 m hurdles 52.84
3rd (q) 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.86
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th (heats) 400 m hurdles 51.69

References
  1. Víctor José Solarte. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  2. Victor Solarte. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  3. Raphael Fernandes vence nos 400 m: "já esperava o ouro" (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  4. Biscayart, Eduardo (2005-07-24). South American Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  5. Cerra wins ninth Hammer Throw title in Buenos Aires – South American Champs Day 2. IAAF (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  6. South American Youth Championships 2003. World Junior Athletics History (WJAH). Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  7. South American Junior Championships 2003. WJAH. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  8. 2005 South American Junior Championships. WJAH. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
  9. Biscayart, Eduardo (2005-10-03). Brazil supreme in Rosario at the South American Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-13.
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