Leonel Manzano
Overview
Guanajuato
Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
and track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete. Manzano represented the United States in the 1500 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing, China and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in Berlin.
At the age of four, Manzano's family moved from Mexico to Flatonia, Texas
Flatonia, Texas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,377 people, 504 households, and 347 families residing in the town. The population density was 850.8 people per square mile . There were 568 housing units at an average density of 350.9 per square mile...
. Less than a year later, the family relocated to Granite Shoals
Granite Shoals, Texas
Granite Shoals is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The reported 2010 census population was 4,910.-Geography:Granite Shoals is located at . This is seven miles west of Marble Falls and 44 miles northwest of Austin, on a bend on the east shore of Lake Lyndon B...
, Texas. He has personal records of 3:32.37 minutes for the 1500 m and 3:50.64 minutes for the mile run
Mile run
The mile run is a middle-distance foot race which is among the more popular events in track running.The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races...
.
He was the runner-up at the 2008 U.S.
Quotations
We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory.
Speech in reply to Addresses from both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall in the year of Her Golden Jubilee (30 April 2002)
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas?
The Queen gives her opinion to Premier League chairman Sir David Richards|Sir David Richards, as quoted in BBC News (2 January 2007)]