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Félix Sánchez

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Also known as Felix Sanchez

Dominican track and field athlete

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Félix Sánchez is a Spanish soccer player who has served as a manager for the team Al-Sadd. His professional career began in 1998 and concluded in 2016. The athlete stands at a height of 178 and has a mass of 73. He was born on August 30, 1977.

In addition to his sports career, Sánchez is recognized as an author. Open Library lists one work under the name Felix Sanchez, titled *Frontera*. Crossref records indicate that he has five associated works. His social media presence includes 126,481 followers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Born
( 1977-08-30 ) August 30, 1977 (age 48) , New York City , United States
Years active
1999–2016
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Running
Event s
400 meter hurdles , 4 × 400 meters relay
College team
USC Trojans

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Felix
Family name
Sánchez
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Manhattan
Participant in
2000 Summer Olympics
Country for sport
Dominican Republic
Mass
73
Image
FelixSanchez400mHaiesLondres2012.jpg
Height
178
Residence
California
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Commons category
Félix Sánchez
date of birth
1977-08-30
sports discipline competed in
400 metres hurdles
start of work period
1998-00-00
social media followers
126481
end of work period
2016-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Félix Sánchez (born August 30, 1977) is a retired Dominican-American track and field athlete. Specializing in the 400 meter hurdles, He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning gold in 2004 and 2012, and was also World Champion in 2001 and 2003. Just before turning 36, he set the Masters M35 World Record with a time of 48.10. Sanchez acquired many nicknames: "Super Felix", "the Invincible", "Superman", and "the Dictator".

The Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Dominican Republic's largest stadium, is named after him.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Félix Sánchez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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