Domingo Cordero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cordero and the second or maternal family name is Clase.

Domingo Cordero Clase (born 17 October 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a retired Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.^[1] His personal best time was 49.12 seconds, achieved in July 1991 in Xalapa. This was the Puerto Rican record.

He won gold medals at the 1990 and 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games as well as the 1989 and 1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the silver medal in 1995.

He also competed at the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996 as well as the World Championships in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997 without reaching the final.

International competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Puerto Rico
1984	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	400 m hurdles	53.37
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dominican Republic	9th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.50
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.65
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	19th (h)	400 m	48.18
			25th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.70
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	11th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.95
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.61 A
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	27th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.26
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	400 m hurdles	49.61
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.81
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	6th	400 m hurdles	50.80
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.86
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	400m hurdles	51.25
			3rd (h)[2]	4 × 100 m relay	41.33
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	26th (h)	400 m hurdles	50.19
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.62
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m hurdles	49.60
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.01
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.05
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	50.42
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	400 m hurdles	49.64
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.93
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	46th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.20
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	45th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.26
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	4th	400 m hurdles	50.28
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	6th	400 m hurdles	50.62
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.68
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	–	400 m hurdles	DNF

References

1. Domingo Cordero. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-07-19.
2. Disqualified in the final

External links

• Domingo Cordero at World Athletics