Asa Guevara (born 20 December 1995) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago specialising in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals. At the 2019 edition of the IAAF World Relays which took place in Yokohoma, Japan, Guevara ran on the third leg as part of the Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400m relay. The team grabbed gold in what was a world leading time of 3:00:81.
After the two- year hiatus from sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Guevara finished second at the Trinidad and Tobago NGC National Senior Open Championships 2022 in the 400m in a time of 46.16s and was subsequently selected to run on the men's 4x400m relay squad at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The team eventually won the final in a time of 3:01:29.
He competed collegiately at Academy of Art University and the University of Texas at El Paso.
International competitions Representing 2011CARIFTA Games (U17)Montego Bay, Jamaica2nd4 × 400 m relay3:15.352012CARIFTA Games (U20)Hamilton, Bermuda15th (h)200 m22.162nd4 × 400 m relay3:11.62Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U18)San Salvador, El Salvador5th400 m21.491st4 × 400 m relay3:11.66World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain35th (h)400 m47.933rd4 × 400 m relay3:06.322013CARIFTA Games (U20)Nassau, Bahamas3rd400 m47.352nd4 × 400 m relay3:06.232014CARIFTA Games (U20)Fort-de-France, Martinique3rd400 m47.351st4 × 400 m relay3:06.02Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U20)San Salvador, El Salvador3rd4 × 400 m relay3:13.73World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States41st (h)400 m49.4816th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:12.062018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom12th (sf)400 m46.914th4 × 400 m relay3:02.522019World RelaysYokohama, Japan1st4 × 400 m relay3:00.81World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th4 × 400 m relay3:00.742022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th4 × 400 m relay3:00.03NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas4th400 m46.262nd4 × 100 m relay38.942023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:01.54
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 10.53 (+1.2 m/s, Berkeley 2016) 200 metres – 20.51 (+0.8 m/s, Tucson 2018) 400 metres – 45.26 (Houston 2018) Indoor 60 metres – 6.84 (Albuquerque 2017) 200 metres – 21.43 (Albuquerque 2017) 400 metres – 46.57 (Albuquerque 2018)
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