Don Vélez

Donald Danilo 'Don' Vélez Espinoza (18 January 1948 – 11 July 2010) was a Nicaraguan athlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] He won a silver medal in the javelin at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nicaragua
1967	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	2nd	Pentathlon	2847 pts
1968	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	Javelin throw	55.96 m
			1st	Pentathlon
	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	32nd (q)	Long jump	6.63 m
			26th (q)	Javelin throw	61.32 m
			19th	Decathlon	5943 pts
1970	Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama	11th (h)	110 m hurdles	15.8 s
			2nd	Javelin throw	72.12 m
			4th	Decathlon	6359 pts
	Universiade	Turin, Italy	15th (q)	Javelin throw	67.36 m
1971	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	6th	Javelin throw	58.88 m
	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	110 m hurdles	16.2 s
			3rd	Discus throw	32.24 m
			1st	Javelin throw	66.10 m
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	21st (q)	Javelin throw	64.74 m
1975	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	Javelin throw	61.12 m
1977	Central American Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Javelin throw	63.40 m

• Long jump – 6.64 m (1968)
• Javelin throw (old model) – 72.12 m (1970)
• Decathlon (1962 tables) – 6195 pts (1970)