Name: Leo Manzano
Discipline: 1,500-meter
Height: 5-5
Weight: 125
DOB: 9/12/1984
Birthplace: Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico
Hometown: Marble Falls, Texas
High School: Marble Falls High School (Marble Falls High School) '04
College: University of Texas '08
Olympic Experience:
  • 2008 Olympic Games, 12th (1,500)
Career Highlights:
  • 2012 Olympic Trials, silver (1,500-meter)
  • 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials 1500-meter champion
  • 2007 USA & NCAA Outdoors 1500-meter runner-up
  • 3rd at 2006 USA Outdoors
  • 2006 NCAA Indoor mile champion
  • 2005 NCAA Outdoor champion

Fun Facts: Born in Mexico, Manzano moved with his family to Texas at the age of four where he soon began running ... After a standout high school career for Marble Falls High School (Marble Falls, Texas), where he won a total of nine Texas 4A state championships, Manzano competed for the University of Texas ... In Austin, he became the first ever Longhorn to make the U.S. Olympic squad in the 1,500-meter

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