Néstor Nieves
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| Full name | Néstor Francisco Nieves | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 29, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Néstor Francisco Nieves (born December 29, 1974) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from Venezuela.
He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nieves represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the bronze medallist at the 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
Regionally, he won medals at the South American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games, Bolivarian Games and the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was the 2003 gold medallist in the steeplechase at the South American Championships in Athletics.
He was highly success at regional age category competitions, with a highlight being a triple gold medal win at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, which included a championship record in the 2000 metres steeplechase.
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Venezuelan male middle-distance runners
- Venezuelan male steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Venezuela
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Venezuela
- Venezuelan male long-distance runners
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1994 South American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Venezuelan people
- 21st-century Venezuelan people
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
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