Leo Chacon [post in progress]

Leo is definitely one of the national athletes I admire the most. I will add to this post as I learn more and more about Leo his career and future plans.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Leonardo Chacon Corrales

Age: 24

Height: 1.79

Weight: 65 kg

Coach: Roberto Solano

3 Training Tenets: Discpline, Humility and Courage

Teammate: Ron Akerson - #10 2008 XTERRA World Championship - October 26, 2008 - Wailea Maui, Hawaii

Competes since: 1996

Results:

• 2nd place, Roatan Continental Cup 2005.
• 2nd place, Roatan Continental Cup 2006.
• 5th place, Pan-Am games Rio de Janeiro 2007.
• 4th place, San Andres Continental Cup 2007.
• 1st place, Ixtapa Continental Cup 2007.
• 1st place, Bogota Continental Cup 2007.
• 1st Place, Veracruz Continental Cup 2007.
• 2nd Place, Vina del Mar Continental Cup 2008.
• 2nd Place, La Paz Continental Cup 2008.
• 1st Place, Salinas Continetal Cup 2008.
• 12th Place NYC Triathlon 2008.

World Cups:

• 37th place, Tampa, Usa 2001.
• 16th place, Yamaguchi, Japan 2001.
• 33th place, Edmonton, Canadá 2003.
• 23th place, Río de Janeiro, Brasil 2004.
• 27th place, Madrid, Spain 2005.
• 39th place, Mazatlán, Mexico 2005.
• 25th place, Madrid, Spain 2006.
• 21st place, Mooloolaba ITU WC, Australia 2007.
• 35th place, Lisboa ITU WC, Portugal 2007.
• 23th place, Vancouve ITU WC, Canada 2007.
• 23th place, Edmonton ITU WC, Canada 2007.
• 21st place, Beijing ITU WC, China 2007.
• 30th place, Rhodes ITU WC, Greece 2007.
• 14th place, Cancún ITU WC, Mexico 2007.
• 16th Place, Bay Richards ITU WC, South Africa, 2008.
• 5th Place, Huatulco ITU WC, México, 2008 .

World Championships:

• 5th place 15-19 age group, Montreal, Canadá 1999.
• 2nd place 18-19 age group, Edmonton, Canadá 2001.
• 9th place junior elite, Cancún, México 2002.
• 12th place junior elite, Madeira, Portugal 2004.
• 55th place Elite, Hamburg, Germany 2007.
• 26th place Elite. Vancouver, Canada 2008.

information taken from HERE

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These below were published in the local newspaper Al Dia in May 2008, and hint to compare Triathlon and Leo himself with the local national soccer team... enjoy