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José Francisco Nava
Chilean male pole vaulter

José Francisco Nava

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Chilean male pole vaulter
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José Francisco Nava (born 19 January 1983) is a Chilean former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. He achieved his personal best of 5.35 m (17 ft 6 2 in) in 2003. He also competed, less frequently, in the long jump, triple jump and decathlon.

His first major senior medal was a bronze at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – an honour he repeated in 2006. Nava competed at five editions of the South American Championships in Athletics from 2001 to 2007, having a best pole vault finish of fourth in 2001 and 2006. He was a participant at the Pan American Games in 2003 and 2007, and also the 2003 Summer Universiade.

He began his international career in 1998 and took silver medals behind compatriot Jorge Naranjo at the South American Youth and South American Junior Championships. He succeed Nava as the region's top young vaulter with championship records of 5.00 m (16 ft 4 4 in) and 5.10 m (16 ft 8 4 in) to win the youth and junior titles in 2000. He defended the junior title in 2001 before falling behind Brazil's Fábio Gomes da Silva in 2002. He also won a silver behind Naranjo during this period at the 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. He represented Chile at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics and the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2000 and 2002.

He also won gold medals at the 2007 ALBA Games and the South American University Games in 2004.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1998South American Youth ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil2ndPole vault4.20 m
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland14th (q)Pole vault4.40 m
South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile2ndPole vault4.75 m
2000South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia1stPole vault5.00 m
World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile10th (q)Pole vault4.80 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thPole vault4.60 m
South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil1stPole vaul5.10 m
2001Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2ndPole vault5.25 m
South American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1stPole vault5.20 m
South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil4thPole vault5.10 m
2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, JamaicaPole vaultNH
South American Games/
South American Junior Championships
Belém, Brazil2ndPole vault4.90 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala3rdPole vault5.20 m
2003South American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela8thPole vault4.85 m
UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea14thPole vault5.00 m
Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic7thPole vault5.20 m
2004South American U23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela2ndPole vault5.00 m
6thLong jump6.94 m
2ndTriple jump14.85 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, SpainPole vaultNH
South American University GamesConcepción, Chile1stPole vault4.50 m
2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia6thDecathlon6344 pts
2006South American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia4thPole vault5.15 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico3rdPole vault5.25 m
2007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil5thPole vault5.10 m
6thTriple jump14.82 m
7th4 × 100 m relay40.82
ALBA GamesCaracas, Venezuela1stPole vault4.95 m
Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, BrazilPole vaultNH
2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, ChilePole vaultNH
6thTriple jump14.67 m
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