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'''Roberto Mandje''' (born March 7, 1982) is an [[Equatoguinean]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance and long-distance runner]]. He represented his country in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 meters]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] <ref>https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/roberto-caraciolo-mandje-1.html Sports Reference</ref>, the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and the 2012 and 2013 XTERRA World Trail Racing Championships, where he placed seventh and fifth, respectively.
'''Roberto Caracciolo Mandje''' (born 7 March 1982) is an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance and long-distance runner]]. Born in Spain to an American father and an Equatorial Guinean mother and raised in the United States, he represented Equatorial Guinea in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 meters]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170730030445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/roberto-caraciolo-mandje-1.html Roberto Caraciolo Mandje at Sports Reference] Sports Reference</ref> the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and the 2012 and 2013 XTERRA World Trail Racing Championships, where he placed seventh and fifth, respectively.


In the 2004 Athens Games, Mandje was tripped early in his first-round heat, which also included world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, the eventual Olympic champion. He finished the race, despite injuring an ankle, in a time of 4:03.37. The injury forced him to withdraw from the 3000-metre steeplechase, for which he had also qualified.
In the 2004 Athens Games, Mandje was tripped early in his first-round heat, which also included world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, the eventual Olympic champion. He finished the race, despite injuring an ankle, in a time of 4:03.37. The injury forced him to withdraw from the 3000-metre steeplechase, for which he had also qualified.


In 2012 and 2013, Mandje was among the world's best trail racers. Besides his XTERRA World Trail Racing Championships performances, in 2013 he won the Lake Las Vegas 21K and the Cheyenne Mountain Trail Run 12K and finished second at the Oak Mountain Trail Run 20K and the Beaver Creek Trail Run 10K.
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At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, ESP, Mandje finished 109th in a time of 41:54 for the 12,000m distance.


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At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, ESP, Mandje finished 109th in a time of 41:54 for the 12,000m distance.


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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caracciolo and the second or maternal family name is Mandje.
Roberto Mandje
Personal information
Birth nameRoberto Caracciolo Mandje
NationalitySpanish (former), American (current), Equatorial Guinean
Born (1982-03-07) 7 March 1982 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Equatorial Guinea
SportMiddle-distance running

Roberto Caracciolo Mandje (born 7 March 1982) is an Olympic middle-distance and long-distance runner. Born in Spain to an American father and an Equatorial Guinean mother and raised in the United States, he represented Equatorial Guinea in the men's 1500 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics,[1] the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and the 2012 and 2013 XTERRA World Trail Racing Championships, where he placed seventh and fifth, respectively.

In the 2004 Athens Games, Mandje was tripped early in his first-round heat, which also included world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, the eventual Olympic champion. He finished the race, despite injuring an ankle, in a time of 4:03.37. The injury forced him to withdraw from the 3000-metre steeplechase, for which he had also qualified.

In 2012 and 2013, Mandje was among the world's best trail racers. Besides his XTERRA World Trail Racing Championships performances, in 2013 he won the Lake Las Vegas 21K and the Cheyenne Mountain Trail Run 12K and finished second at the Oak Mountain Trail Run 20K and the Beaver Creek Trail Run 10K.

At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, ESP, Mandje finished 109th in a time of 41:54 for the 12,000m distance.

Personal bests:

1500m — 4:00.33 (Ninove, BEL), 11 AUG 2007

3000m SC — 9:04.54 (Los Angeles, CA, USA), 7 JUN 2008

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberto Caraciolo Mandje at Sports Reference Sports Reference


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