fullname country sport birth_date article_title name
néstor francisco nieves venezuela men 's athletics 29 december 1974 néstor nieves
 néstor nieves
néstor nieves

néstor francisco nieves -lrb- born december 29 , 1974 -rrb- is a retired middle - and long-distance runner from venezuela .
he won the gold medal in the men 's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 pan american games in santo domingo , dominican republic .
nieves represented his native country at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta , georgia .
he was the bronze medallist at the 1998 ibero-american championships in athletics .
regionally , he won medals at the south american games , central american and caribbean games , bolivarian games and the central american and caribbean championships in athletics .
he was the 2003 gold medallist in the steeplechase at the south american championships in athletics .
he was highly success at regional age category competitions , with a highlight being a triple gold medal win at the 1990 central american and caribbean junior championships in athletics , which included a championship record in the 2000 metres steeplechase .
