Luguelín Santos

Luguelín Santos
Santos at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameLuguelín Miguel Santos Aquino
Born (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992
Bayaguana, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres
4 × 400m Relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m: 44.11 (Beijing 2015)
Updated on 24 December 2014

Luguelín Miguel Santos Aquino (born 12 November 1992) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialises in the 400 m. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of nineteen. His personal best is 44.11 seconds.

Santos emerged with two gold medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and made his senior breakthrough at the 2011 Pan American Games, taking individual and relay silver medals with Dominican national record times. He belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO.