Juan Carlos is pictured above (1582) during the semi-finals of the men's 1,500m at the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Higuero, a bronze medalist in the 1,500m and 5,000m
at the 2006 European Championships, went on to qualify for the final,
finishing in 5th place in a time of 3.34.44.
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Final 1500m Hombres
2008 Juegos Olimpicos
|
| 1. Rashid RAMZI |
|
BAH |
|
3: 32.94 |
| 2. Asbel Kipruto KIPROP |
|
KEN |
|
3: 33.11 |
| 3. Nick WILLIS |
|
NZL |
|
3: 34.16 |
| 4. Mehdi BAALA |
|
FRA |
|
3: 34.21 |
| 5. Juan Carlos HIGUERO |
|
ESP |
|
3: 34.44 |
| 6. Abdalaati IGUIDER |
|
MOR |
|
3: 34.66 |
| 7. Juan van DEVENTER |
|
RSA |
|
3: 34.77 |
| 8. Mansoor Belal ALI |
|
BAH |
|
3: 35.23 |
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The right hand photo above shows Juan Carlos (187) crossing the line to win the 1500m gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor
Athletics Championships in Birmingham. Sergio Gallardo (184) and Arturo Casado (179) finished second and third respectively
to complete a Spanish 1, 2, 3. The left hand picture shows Higuero leading the field at the bell.
Photo 4th. March 2007. George Herringshaw. ©
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Final 1500m
2007 Campeonato de Europa Interior
|
| 1. Juan Carlos Higuero |
|
ESP |
|
3: 44.41 |
| 2. Sergio Gallardo |
|
ESP |
|
3: 44.51 |
| 3. Arturo Casado |
|
ESP |
|
3: 44.73 |
| 4. Abdelkader Bakhtache |
|
FRA |
|
3: 45.54 |
| 5. Barnabas Bene |
|
HUN |
|
3: 45.58 |
| 6. Mounir Yemmouni |
|
FRA |
|
3: 46.11 |
| 7. James Nolan |
|
IRE |
|
3: 46.34 |
| 8. Joeri Jansen |
|
BEL |
|
3: 46.82 |
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Photos George Herringshaw 13th. August 2006. ©
| The main photo above shows the closing stages of the men's 5000m
final at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. Jesus Espana and
Mohammed Farah are the two athletes battling it out for gold and silver
whilst in the background Juan Carlos can be seen trailing Turkey's
Halil Akkas. Higuero managed to overhaul the Turk just before the line
to grab his second bronze medal of the championship (see previous page
for details of his 1500m bronze), his time of 13: 46.48 just 5
hundredths of a second ahead of Halil. |
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Final 5000m Hombres
Atletismo Campeonato de Europa 2006
|
| 1. Jesus ESPANA |
|
SPA |
|
13: 44.70 |
| 2. Mohammed FARAH |
|
GBR |
|
13: 44.79 |
| 3. Juan Carlos HIGUERO |
|
SPA |
|
13: 46.48 |
| 4. Halil AKKAS |
|
TUR |
|
13: 46.53 |
| 5. Khalid ZOUBAA |
|
FRA |
|
13: 55.09 |
| 6. Henrik SKOOG |
|
SWE |
|
13: 56.34 |
| 7. Pablo VILLALOBOS |
|
SPA |
|
13: 58.25 |
| 8. Gert-Jan LIEFERS |
|
HOL |
|
13: 58.70 |
| |
Photo 9th. August 2006 by George Herringshaw. ©
| Juan Carlos is pictured above (245) leading the field in the final of
the men's 1500m at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. He
went on to win the bronze medal in a time of 3: 39.62, behind France's
Mehdi Baala (blue vest, number 337) and Ukraine's Ivan Heshko (behind
Baala, number 960). The other athlete in shot is Higuero's compatriot
Arturo Casado who finished in fourth place. Juan Carlos later added a
second bronze medal when finishing third in the 5000m. |
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Final 1500m Hombres
Atletismo Campeonato de Europa 2006
|
| 1. Mehdi BAALA |
|
FRA |
|
3: 39.02 |
| 2. Ivan HESHKO |
|
UKR |
|
3: 39.50 |
| 3. Juan Carlos HIGUERO |
|
SPA |
|
3: 39.62 |
| 4. Arturo CASADO |
|
SPA |
|
3: 40.86 |
| 5. Sergio GALLARDO |
|
SPA |
|
3: 41.24 |
| 6. Andy BADDELEY |
|
GBR |
|
3: 42.31 |
| 7. Christian OBRIST |
|
ITA |
|
3: 42.59 |
| 8. Liam REALE |
|
IRL |
|
3: 42.65 |
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PERSONAL BEST TIMES.
800 Metres 1:45.87 Madrid (ESP) 21 JUL 2007
1000 Metres 2:18.23 Andújar (ESP) 07 SEP 2006
1500 Metres 3:31.57 Roma (ITA) 14 JUL 2006
One Mile 3:52.49 Roma (ITA) 12 JUL 2002
2000 Metres 4:58.03 Reims (FRA) 05 JUL 2011
3000 Metres 7:38.71 Paris-St-Denis (FRA) 17 JUL 2009
5000 Metres 13:22.68 Huelva (ESP) 13 JUN 2008
10 Kilometres 28:41 Laredo (ESP) 12 MAR 2011
10 Kilometres 28:37 Madrid (ESP) 23 NOV 2003 8