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Biography
Allan Ayala Acevedo (born July 7, 1986 in Guatemala City) is a male track and field athlete from Guatemala, specialized in the 400m intermediate hurdles event. As a junior, he was a member of the team that broke the Guatemalan 4x400 relay Junior National Record in 2004.
In 2007, Ayala ran for Dickinson State University in North Dakota and was named Outstanding DAC Conference Track Athlete in both indoors and outdoors events. He was runner-up in the 400IH in the NAIA national championships; also setting a new Guatemalan national record in the event. Three weeks later he set the 400 meters Guatemalan national record in Costa Rica. He then broke his own record in the 400IH at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ayala was also the only Guatemalan to run in the 2007 World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Guatemala | |||||
| 2005 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 3rd | 4x100 m relay | 42.40 |
| 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:20.91 | |||
| 2006 | NACAC U-23 Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 10th (h) | 400m hurdles | 53.55 |
| 2007 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 2nd | 400 m | 48.05 |
| 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 15.07 (+1.1 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 52.15 | |||
| 1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:13.95 CR | |||
| NACAC Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 52.44 | |
| 5th | 4x400 m relay]] | 3:16.83 | |||
| Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.20 | |
| 8th | 4x400 m relay | 3:17.86 | |||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 32nd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 52.26 | |
| 2008 | Central American Championships | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.72 |
| 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 42.30 | |||
| 1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:15.28 | |||
| Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 51.41 | |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 52.70 | |
| NACAC U-23 Championships | Toluca, México | 4th | 400m hurdles | 52.05 A | |
| 4th | 4x400m relay | 3:13.83 A | |||
| 2009 | Central American Championships | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 50.16 |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 10th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.89 | |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 51.82 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 12th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 53.57 | |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | — | 400 m hurdles | DNF |