Carmelo Ríos Figueroa is a retired male long-distance runner from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

, who competed for his native country in the men's 3000 m steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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. He set is personal best (8:28.89) in that event on June 17, 1983 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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He was the silver medal

Silver medal

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ist at the 1983 Pan American Games

1983 Pan American Games

The ninth Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing...

 and competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 later that year, where he was knocked out in the heats stage. In his only Olympic appearance in 1984, he finished twelfth in his semi-final in the men's steeplechase. He took the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 at the 1985 CAC Championships

1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

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Rios attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he still holds the school record in the Steeplechase set at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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 at 8:28.89 from 1983.

Achievements

Representing
1983	Pan American Games 1983 Pan American Games The ninth Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing...	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	3000 m steeple	9:01.47 Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games The Athletics Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela.-Men's Events:-Women's Events:-Medal table:-References:*...
1984	Olympic Games Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...	Los Angeles, United States Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	25th	3000 m steeple	8:44.70
1985	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...	3rd	3000 m steeple	8:40.90 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics The 1985 Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Nassau, Bahamas.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics* - GBR Athletics...