Leonel Manzano

Leonel Manzano, known as Leo, is a Mexican-American former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres and the mile. He was born on 12 September 1984 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico, and moved with his family to Texas at the age of four. At Marble Falls High School he won nine Texas state titles in track and cross country, and at the University of Texas at Austin he won five NCAA titles. He ran at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching the semi-final, and on the world circuit he was known for a strong finishing kick. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he won the silver medal in the 1500 metres, the first American medal in that event since Jim Ryun in 1968. He represented the United States at six world championships.