José Figueroa (sprinter)
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José Figueroa (born 14 June 2004) is a Puerto Rican sprinter. He is the national record holder over 200 metres and won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships. He represented his country at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Career
Figueroa won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 2023 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, finishing behind Renan Gallina of Brazil and Garrett Kaalund of the United States, in August 2023.[1] He also won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Championships.[2]
Figueroa won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, finishing behind Aaron Brown of Canada and Jamaican Christopher Taylor.[3][4] The previous Puerto Rican national record had been stood since 1987 and had been set by Luis Morales with 20.44 seconds.[5] It was the first medal won by a Puerto Rican athlete in the event at the Championships.[6]
That month, he won the 200 metres at the 2025 Junior Pan American Championships, running a national record and championship record time of 20.16 seconds. The time met the automatic qualifying standard for the upcoming world championships.[7] He also won a bronze medalist in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the Championships.[8]
In September 2025, he made his senior major championships debut as he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan but did not advance to the semi-finals, running 20.62 seconds to place sixth in his preliminary heat.[9]
References
- ^ "Pan American U20 Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Pan American U20 Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Gittens-Spotsville earns long jump bronze, but Trinidad and Tobago athletes struggle at NACAC". Newsday.co.tt. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "José Figueroa will celebrate his coming of age by debuting at his first World Athletics Championships". Primera Hora. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "José Figueroa and around twenty student-athletes on the track for Asunción 2025". Laipr.org. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Go Puerto Rican! José Figueroa wins gold in the 200 meters and sets a Pan American junior record". Primera Hora. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "José Figueroa bows out in the 200m preliminaries at the Tokyo World Championships". Elnuevodia.com. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.