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Rolando Palacios
Personal information
Full name	Cruz Rolando Palacios Castillo
Nationality	Honduras
Born	May 3, 1987 (age 37); Sambo Creek, Atlántida, Honduras
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100m = 10.22 200m = 20.40
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Honduras
Central American and Caribbean Games
Ibero-American Championships
Summer Universiade
Central American Games
NACAC U-23 Championships
Central American Championships
	Updated on 10 December 2014

Cruz Rolando Palacios Castillo (born 3 May 1987) is a Honduran sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1] He was born in Sambo Creek,^[2] a traditional Garífuna village. His personal best time is 10.22 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Toluca.

He competed at the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. In Beijing, he finished fourth in his heat at the 100 metres with a time of 10.49 seconds but was eliminated. At the 200 metres, he placed third in his heat behind Roman Smirnov and Walter Dix to qualify for the next round in a time of 20.81 seconds. In the second round, he came to 20.87 seconds, the seventh time in his heat, not enough to advance to the next round.^[2]

He competed in the 200 m event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He finished 7th in his heat with a time of 21.32 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals.^[3] He was the flagbearer for Honduras during the Parade of Nations.^[4]

He set the 60 metres Honduran national record with a time of 6.62 seconds on 26 February 2009.^[5]

Personal bests

100 m: 10.22 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Toluca, 18 July 2008
200 m: 20.40 s (wind: -0.9 m/s) – Toluca, 22 July 2008
400 m: 47.64 s – Kingston, 12 February 2011

Major competitions record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Honduras
2004	Central American Junior Championships	San José, Costa Rica	5th	100 m	11.17 (-1.0 m/s)
			5th	200 m	23.05 (-2.3 m/s)
			7th	400 m	58.44
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	6th (h)	100 m	11.05 w (+3.3 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	5th (h)	200 m	22.58 w (+4.4 m/s)
	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	100 m	10.84 (-0.6 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.89
			1st	4 × 100 m	41.71
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	38th (h)	100 m	10.73 NR
2006	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	100 m	10.60
			1st	200 m	21.22 NR
			1st	4 × 100 m	41.63 NR
	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	32nd (h)	60 m	6.80
	Central American Junior Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	100 m	10.68 (-0.7 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.41 (+0.7 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.74
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	4th	100 m	10.56 (+1.5 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	6th	200 m	21.47 (+1.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	20th (h)	100 m	10.73 (-0.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	16th (sf)	200 m	21.36 (-0.1 m/s)
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	4th (h)	100 m	10.81 (+0.3 m/s)
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	100 m	10.65 (+0.5 m/s)
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	4 × 100 m	41.07
	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	100 m	10.51 (+0.8 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	7th	200 m	21.26 (+1.8 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (sf)	100 m	10.48 (-0.5 m/s)
			18th (h)	200 m	21.27 (+0.5 m/s)
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m	41.49
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd (h)	60 m	6.83
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	100 m	10.63 (-2.3 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	200 m	21.16 (-0.5 m/s)
	Central American Championships	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	1st	100 m	10.61 (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.25 (-0.1 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m	41.10
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th (sf)	100 m	10.37 NR (+0.7 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th	200 m	21.09 (+0.5 m/s)
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Toluca, Mexico	3rd	100 m	10.22 A NR (+0.3 m/s)
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Toluca, Mexico	2nd	200 m	20.40 A NR (-0.9 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	43rd (h)	100 m	10.49 (-1.7 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (qf)	200 m	20.87 (+0.1 m/s)
2009	Central American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	100 m	10.38 (NWI)
			1st	200 m	20.99 CR (NWI)
			1st	4 × 100 m	41.03 CR
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	100 m	10.30 (-0.7 m/s)
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	200 m	20.78 (+0.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd (qf)	100 m	10.24 (+0.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	14th (sf)	200 m	20.67 (0.0 m/s)
2010	Central American Games	Panama City, Panama	2nd	100 m	10.36 (-0.2 m/s)
	Central American Games	Panama City, Panama	1st	200 m	20.84 GR (+0.1 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	10th	100 m	10.61 (-0.8 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	200 m	21.20 (+0.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	6th	100 m	10.31 (+0.2 m/s)
			5th	200 m	20.67 (0.0 m/s)
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m	41.69
	Central American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	100 m	10.73
			1st	200 m	21.92 (-2.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m	42.02
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:20.84
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	100 m	10.57 (-0.7 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.97 CR (-0.5 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m	40.83 CR
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	44th (h)	200 m	21.22 (-1.1 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	18th (h)	100 m	10.49 (-1.0 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	5th	200 m	20.77 (-1.0 m/s)
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	1st	100 m	10.48 (-1.5 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	20.63 w (+2.1 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.61
	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	100 m	10.57 (-1.6 m/s)
	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	200 m	21.20 w (+2.7 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	9th (h)	100 m	10.24 w (+3.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	14th (h)	200 m	21.22 (-0.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	36th (h)	200 m	21.02 (-0.6 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	32nd (h)	60 m	6.78
	Central American Championships	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	1st	100 m	10.27 w (+2.6 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.81 (+0.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.50
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	4th	100 m	10.34 (+0.6 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	200 m	20.60 (+0.7 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	100m	10.39 A (-1.3 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	7th	200m	20.50 A (+0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	1st	100m	10.27 A (+0.9 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	200m	20.76 A (-1.8 m/s)
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	6th (sf)	100m	10.31 w (+2.7 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	3rd (h)^[6]	200m	20.72 w (+3.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	200 m	DSQ
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	37th (h)	60 m	6.81
	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	100 m	10.46
	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th (sf)	200 m	20.97
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	71st (h)	200 m	21.32
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	15th (p)	100 m	10.73