Eloy Benitez
Eloy Benitez is a Puerto Rican sprinter, he holds the Puerto Rico List of Puerto Rican [records in track and field|national records] for the 60 metres and 100 metres.
Career
In May 2025, he set a national record for the 100 metres, running 9.95 seconds in Florida, during the PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet.In 2025, he ran a national record 6.56 seconds for the 60 metres. He competed at the 2025 [World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres| 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships] in Nanjing, qualifying for the semi-finals with a new personal best and national record of 6.49 seconds. He also won his semi-final with a run of 6.52 seconds, with only a hundredth of a second separating the three semi-final winners. However, Benitez stumbled and pulled up injured early in the final and was unable to finish the race, eventually won by Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain.
In September 2025, he competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 [World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|2025 World Championships] in Tokyo, Japan. On 1 February, Benitez placed placed second in the 60 metres at the 2026 Millrose Games in 6.60 seconds.