Eloy Benitez Castro (born 7 May 2003) is a Puerto Rican sprinter, he holds the Puerto Rico national records for the 60 metres and 100 metres.[1]
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| Full name | Eloy Benitez Castro | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 2003 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60 m: 6.46 s (Cochabamba, 2026) NR 100 m: 9.95 s (Clermont, 2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editIn May 2025, he set a national record for the 100 metres, running 9.95 seconds in Florida, during the PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet.[2][3]
In 2025, he ran a national record 6.56 seconds for the 60 metres.[4] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, qualifying for the semi-finals with a new personal best and national record of 6.49 seconds.[5] He also won his semi-final with a run of 6.52 seconds, with only a hundredth of a second separating the three semi-final winners. However, Benitez stumbled and pulled up injured early in the final and was unable to finish the race, eventually won by Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain.[6][7][8]
In September 2025, he competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[9] On 1 February, Benitez placed placed second in the 60 metres at the 2026 Millrose Games in 6.60 seconds.[10] That month, he lowereed his 60 m personal best to 6.46 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[11] He ran 6.57 seconds in the semi-final of the 60 m at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[12] In May, he won over 100 metres and in the men's 4 x 100 metres at the 2026 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Peru.[13]
Personal life
editHe attended the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.[14]
References
edit- ↑ "Eloy Benitez". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Gladymar Torres and Eloy Benítez's new national 100-meter records certified". Primerahora. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Greene hits qualifying mark for Paris Olympics". Antigua Observer. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Eloy Benítez will open Puerto Rico's participation in the World Indoor Championships". Elnuevodia.com. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Whelpton qualifies for world indoor athletics championships 60m semifinal". 1News. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Azu storms to 60m title in Nanjing". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "JEREMIAH AZU WINS MEN'S 60 METERS, TWO AMERICANS EARN BRONZE MEDALS AT WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Watson and Forde Finish Fifth and Seventh in 60m Final at World Indoors". SportsMax. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ↑ "Myers, Hocker and Hiltz win track clashes in New York". World Athletics. 1 Feb 2026. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Meeting Sudamericano Indoor Jurgen Berodt". World Athletics. 26 Feb 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Azevedo and Soca highlight Ibero American Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "LAI Games: Héctor Pagán revalidates as 5,000m champion and the Interamericana maintains its first position". Elnuevodia.com. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.