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José Luis Blanco Quevedo (born 3 June 1975 in Lloret de Mar) is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Blanco won a silver medal in this event at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. His personal best time is 8:12.86 minutes, achieved in Huelva in June 2006. He won the bronze medal in the steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was later stripped of the medal due to his giving a positive doping test for EPO at the Spanish Championships in July. He was banned from the sport for two years.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	3000 m steeple
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th	3000 m steeple
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th	3000 m steeple
2006	European Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	2nd	3000 m steeple
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	6th	3000 m steeple	8:38.54
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	DSQ ^[2]	3000 m steeple	Positive doping

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