Paulo Villar

Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Villar Nieto
Born	(1978-07-28) July 28, 1978 (age 46) Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Men's Athletics
Club	Atlantic League, Antioquia
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Colombia Bolivarian Games 2001 Ambato 110 m hurdles 2005 Armenia 110 m hurdles 2005 Armenia 400 m hurdles 2009 Sucre 110 m hurdles 2009 Sucre 4x100 m relay 2013 Trujillo 110 m hurdles 2013 Trujillo 400 m hurdles
Updated on 11 June 2014

Paulo César Villar Nieto (born 28 July 1978 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a Colombian hurdling athlete.^[1][2][3]

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he finished second in 13.29 seconds, equalling the South American record of Brazilian Redelén dos Santos as well as establishing a new national record.

• 100 m: 10.69 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) – Medellín, 25 April 2009
• 200 m: 21.29 s (wind: NWI) – Bogotá, 13 August 2006
• 110 m hurdles: 13.27 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Guadalajara, 28 October 2011
• 400 m hurdles: 50.34 s – Trujillo, 28 November 2013

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1996	South American Junior Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	14.8
1997	South American Junior Championships	San Carlos, Uruguay	2nd	110 m H	15.39
			3rd	400 m H	55.74
1999	South American Championships	Bogota, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	14.31 A
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	5th (h)	110 m H	14.20 (w)
			30th (h)	400 m H	52.79
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	110 m H	13.88
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	25th (h)	110 m H	13.82
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	110 m H	13.58 A
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	110 m H	13.57
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	110 m H	13.94 w (+2.6 m/s)
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	110 m H	14.12
			6th	4 × 100 m	40.73
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	11th (h)	110 m H	13.81
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	110 m H	13.64
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	29th (qf)	110 m H	14.03
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.49 w
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	25th (h)	110 m H	14.12
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	110 m H	13.44 (-0.1 m/s) GR A
			1st	400 m H	50.61 A
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th	60 m H	7.61 (NRi)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.29 (NR, =AR)
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	110 m H	13.62
			2nd	4 × 100 m	40.17
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	17th (sf)	60 m H	7.81
	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	1st	110 m H	13.74
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	110 m H	13.45
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th (sf)	110 m H	13.85
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	110 m H	13.89
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th (sf)	110 m H	13.44
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	110 m H	13.64 A
			1st	4 × 100 m	39.25 GR A
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	60 m H	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	8th	110 m H	20.10
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	110 m H	13.85
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	110 m H	13.60
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	13th (sf)	110 m H	13.73
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	110 m H	13.27 (NR)
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	110 m H	13.97
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (sf)	110 m H	13.63
2013	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	2nd	110 m H	13.80 (-0.4 m/s)
			3rd	400 m H	50.34

• Paulo Villar at World Athletics
• Paulo Villar at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Paulo Villar at Olympics.com