Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez (born 23 March 1994 in Santa Rosa, Misiones Department, Paraguay)[1][2] is a Paraguayan javelin thrower. He has a scholarship with the Secretaria Nacional de Deportes[3] and represents Paraguay Marathon Club in the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.[2] Díaz claimed a silver medal at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.
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| Full name | Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Paraguayan | ||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Paraguay | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1994 Santa Rosa, Misiones, Paraguay | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Paraguay | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 140th (IAAF) | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Paraguay Marathon Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez and María Caballero were the best athletes of the 2015 Paraguayan Athletics Championships.[4]
He belongs to a line of Paraguayan throwers, such as Ramón Jiménez Gaona (discus), Víctor Fatecha (javelin), Nery Kennedy (javelin) and Edgar Baumann (javelin), who all had successful careers.[5]
Career edit
At the age of 16 years old, Díaz begins athletics for Athletics School of Misiones and begins to take the sport seriously when he realizes that he can make the correct result to qualify for the South American Championships in Javelin Throw, and receives support from the FPA and the SND. Despite having pain in the leg, he did not give up.[3]
2013 edit
In 2013, Díaz claimed a silver medal at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, throwing a distance of 62.25 m.
2014 edit
In 2014, Díaz was one of three Paraguayan throwers to reach over 70 metres, including Víctor Fatecha and Fabian Jara.[6]
2015 edit
At the 2015 National Senior Championships , he finished 2nd with 72.40m in Javelin and achieved the result for the Pan American Games in Canada.[7]
Díaz represented Paraguay at the 2015 South American Championships in Athletics disputed in Lima in June 2015. Díaz finished in fifth position having thrown 70.52 metres, surpassing compatriot and 2008 Summer Olympics Paraguay representative Victor Fatecha.
On 25 September 2015, Díaz was crowned champion of the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo National Men's Javelin competition disputed at the Secretaria Nacional de Deportes. Díaz surpassed Victor Fatecha by throwing 75.57 metres.[2]
The mark of 75.57 metres was registered by IAAF as the athlete's personal best.[1]
Díaz concluded the 2015 IAAF season being ranked 140th in the world.[8]
2016 edit
In 2016, he states that his objective is to be one of the best Paraguayan athletes.[3]
2018 edit
Díaz achieves qualification to the 2018 Juegos Odesur by throwing 69.53m in April.[9]
Personal bests edit
- Javelin throw: 75.57m –
Secretaria Nacional de Deportes, Asunción, 25 September 2015[1]
Seasonal bests edit
IAAF Profile[10] and Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo[11]
- 2013 - 62.25m
- 2014 - 70.50m
- 2015 - 75.57m
- 2016 - 74.04m
- 2017 - 72.99m
- 2018 - 69.53m
Personal life edit
Since the scholarship, he lives at the residence of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee ubicated in the city of Luque.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "IAAF: Giovanni DIAZ - Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d "Secretaría Nacional de Deporte :: Larson ejemplo de esfuerzo y esmero". Snd.gov.py. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ Color, ABC. "María Caballero y Larson Diaz los mejores atletas - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Color, ABC. "El talento más luminoso de Paraguay - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Color, ABC. "Paraguay Marathon Club campeón 2014 - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Díaz, cerca de Canadá". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "IAAF: Javelin Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2015 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Fatecha y Díaz se clasifican a Juegos Odesur". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "IAAF: Giovanni DIAZ - Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ http://www.resultadosonline.org/consudatle.org/calendario/436-2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
