Carlos Johelín Santa Ramírez (born 7 January 1978 in Azua de Compostela) is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres.
Career
He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and finished fifth at the 2005 World Athletics Final.
In 2006 he finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Arismendy Peguero, Danis García and Juan Betances, and won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2006 IAAF World Cup with the American team.
His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 2004 in Huelva.
Achievements Representing the 1996Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)San Salvador, El Salvador3rd400 m47.194th relay41.572nd relay3:13.991998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela5th400 m46.136th4×100 m relay40.935th4×400 m relay3:08.751999Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados3rd relay3:09.08Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada13th (h)400 m46.266th relay3:05.19World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain39th (h)400 m46.802000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia43rd (h)400 m46.402001Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala10th (h)400 m48.21Did not finish the final.2002Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala1st400 m45.69NACAC U-25 ChampionshipsSan Antonio, Texas, United States4th400m45.775th relay40.29Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador1st400m45.831st relay3:04.152003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dom. Rep.6th400 m45.853rd relay3:02.02World ChampionshipsParis, France15th (sf)400 m45.43 — relayDSQ2004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain1st400 m45.05Olympic GamesAthens, Greece13th (sf)400 m45.582005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th (sf)400 m46.072006Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia6th200 m21.142007NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador3rd relay3:04.96Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil16th (sf)400 m47.453rd relay3:02.48World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan36th (h)400 m45.997th relay3:03.56
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