Andrés Chocho Explained

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Fullname:Cristian Andrés Chocho León
Birth Date:4 November 1983
Birth Place:Cuenca, Azuay
Father:Luis Chocho (died 2021)
Sport:Men's Athletics
Event:Race walking
Updated:11 June 2014

Cristian Andrés Chocho León (born 4 November 1983)[1] is an Ecuadorian race walker who competes in both the 20 km and 50 km walk events. He is the South American record holder in the 50 km (3:49:32 hours) and 20,000 metres (1:20:23.8 hours) walking events.

Chocho was the 2011 South American Champion over 20 km and was the bronze medallist at the 2011 Summer Universiade. His best global level finish is eleventh over 50 km at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He represented Ecuador at four Summer Olympics, won a gold medal in 50 km Walk in the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games, and is a seven-time participant of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

Career

Born in Cuenca, Ecuador (the same city as 1996 Olympic racewalk champion Jefferson Pérez), he began racewalking at a young age and made his international debut at 15 years old. He took third in both the youth 10 km at the 1999 South American Racewalking Cup and the 10,000 m walk at the 1999 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.[2] [3] The year after he improved to second at the youth section of the South American Cup,[4] but was disqualified for lifting at the 2000 South American Junior Championships.[5] In spite of this he was chosen to compete at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Santiago de Chile and came 24th.[6] He ended the year with a win over 10,000 m at the 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics.[7]

The 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in conjunction with the 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in October and he won the South American 10,000 m walk title, while finishing second in the Pan American race behind Mexico's Horacio Nava.[8] [9] Later that month he won the 10 km junior road title at the South American Cup.[10] In his final year of junior competition he was runner-up to Brazil's Rafael Duarte in the 2002 South American Junior Championships and placed eighteenth in the 10,000 m walk at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[11] [12] That year also marked his senior debut at the 2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, where he took 34th place in the 20 km walk category, as well as a tenth-place finish at the South American Cup.[13]

Chocho did not compete in major competition in 2003 but returned in 2004 he placed fifth in the South American Cup. He was disqualified at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in both 2004 and 2006. He set a personal best of 1:22:31 hours for the 20 km walk at the Na Rynek Marsz meet in June 2007, but managed only 13th place at the 2007 Summer Universiade and was again disqualified at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.[13] He came ninth at the 2008 South American Race Walking Cup and managed finishes of 38th and 39th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, respectively.[14] He also improved his best to 1:22:05 hours at that year's Na Rynek Marsz meet.[15] His highlights of 2009 were a twelfth-place finish at the 2009 Summer Universiade and 39th place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[13]

Chocho was disqualified at the 2010 South American Cup,[16] but managed 31st at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He debuted over the 50 km walk distance that October and set a time of 3:54:42 hours in Congers, New York.[13] The 2011 season saw Chocho reach new heights in his career. He began with a win at the national championships, but failed to finish at the 2011 Pan American Race Walking Cup. He rebounded with a near-personal best of 1:22:18 hours to take eighth at Rio Maior's Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica.[17] That June he broke the South American record for the 20,000 m walk at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, winning the gold medal in a time of 1:20:23.8 hours.[18] He followed this with a bronze medal performance at the 2011 Summer Universiade.[19]

Making his championship debut over the distance, Chocho proved himself more adept at the longer distance and took eleventh place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics with a South American record time of 3:49:32 hours.[20] He ended the year at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was disqualified in the 50 km walk event.[14] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was disqualified just beyond an hour into the 50 km race having been shown three red cards.

In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[21] He finished in 18th place.[21] He also competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk.[22] He did not finish his race.[22]

Chocho represented Ecuador in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th with a season best.[23]

Personal life

Andres Chocho is the son of the olympic trainer, Luis Chocho (born 1957 in Cuenca Ecuador, died February 17, 2021, due to the complications for the COVID-19 disease to the age of 64 years old).[24]

He is married to a Brazilian race walker, Érica de Sena, who he also coaches.[25] Their son was born in 2022.[26]

Personal bests

Track walk

Road walk

International competitions

Representing
1999South American Race Walking CupCochabamba, Bolivia3rd10 km walk (youth)50:07
South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile3rd10,000 m walk44:43.08
2000South American Race Walking CupLima, Perubgcolor=silver2nd10 km walk (youth)48:09
Pan American Race Walking CupPoza Rica, Mexico17th20 km walk1:42:44
South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil—10,000 m walkDQ
World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile24th10,000 m walk46:17.66
South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombiabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m walk47:52.68
2001South American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m walk43:58.89
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentinabgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m walk43:58.89
South American Race Walking CupCuenca, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st10 km walk (junior)45:55
2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica18th10,000 m walk45:28.60
South American Junior Championships /
South American Games		Belém, Brazilbgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m walk44:36.81
World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy34th20 km walk1:29:09
South American Race Walking CupPuerto Saavedra, Chile10th20 km walk1:33:29
2003Pan American Race Walking CupChula Vista, United States14th20 km walk1:29:27
UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea—20 km walkDNF
2004South American Race Walking ChampionshipsLos Ángeles, Chile5th20 km walk1:24:29
World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany—20 km walkDQ
2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru—20 km walkDNF
2006South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia6th20 km walk1:30:24
World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain—20 km walkDQ
2007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil—20 km walkDQ
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand14th20 km walk1:31:24
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan—20 km walkDQ
2008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador9th20 km walk1:31:27
World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia39th20 km walk1:24:08
Olympic GamesBeijing, China38th20 km walk1:27:09
2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru—20,000 m walkDNF
UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia12th20 km walk1:24:51
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany39th20 km walk1:29:14
2010South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia—20 km walkDQ
World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico31st20 km walk1:28:19
2011Pan American Race Walking CupEnvigado, Colombia—20 km walkDNF
South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st20,000 m walk1:20:23.8
UniversiadeShenzhen, Chinabgcolor=silver2nd20 km walk1:24:44
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea11th50 km walk3:49:32
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico—50 km walkDQ
2012South American Race Walking ChampionshipsSalinas, Ecuador8th20 km walk1:30:24.4
World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia—50 km walkDQ
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom—50 km walkDQ
2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia3rd20,000 m walk1:26:20.98
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia—50 km walkDQ
Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Perubgcolor=gold1st50 km walk3:58:50
2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile—20,000 m walkDQ
World Race Walking CupTaicang, China—50 km walkDQ
2015Beijing, China— 20 km walkDQ
8th50 km walk3:46:00
2016South American Race Walking ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st20 km walk1:24:11
World Race Walking CupRome, Italy6th (team:)20 km walk1:20:07
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil—50 km walkDQ
2017London, United Kingdom–50 km walkDQ
Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombiabgcolor=gold1st50 km walk4:14:20
2018South American GamesCochabamba, Boliviabgcolor=gold1st50 km walk3:55:48
2019Doha, Qatar18th20 km walk1:32:49
–50 km walkDNF
2021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st20,000 m walk1:24:18.94
Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan19th50 km walk3:59:03
2022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain–10,000 m walkDNF
Eugene, United States24th35 km walk2:33:28
South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay–35 km walkDNF

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/andres-chocho-1.html Andres Chocho
  2. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SARW/SARW1999 v20110514 1755.html 1999 South American Racewalking Cup
  3. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC1999.html 1999 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  4. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SARW/SARW2000.html 2000 South American Racewalking Cup
  5. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2000.html 2000 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  6. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2000.html 2000 World Junior Championships
  7. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2000.html 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics
  8. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2001.html 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  9. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2001.html 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
  10. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SARW/SARW2001.html 2001 South American Racewalking Cup
  11. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2002.html 2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  12. http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2002.html 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
  13. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=C/athcode=189764/index.html Chocho Andres
  14. http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=2744&Season=2008&Odd=0 Andres Chocho
  15. Rozum, Janusz (2008-05-25). Sanchez, Turava defend titles in Krakow - IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  16. Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-28). Ecuadorians shine at South American Race Walking Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  17. Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2011-04-09). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  18. News: Brazil retains South American title in Buenos Aires - Final Day. IAAF. Eduardo. Biscayart. 2011-06-06. 2011-06-06.
  19. van Kuijen, Hans (2011-08-22). World University Games conclude in Shenzhen – Wrap report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-13.
  20. http://99.192.248.7/deportes/Ecuatoriano-Chocho-undecimo-sudamericano-Mundial 0 547145485.html Ecuatoriano Chocho logra undécimo puesto y récord sudamericano en Mundial
  21. Web site: Men's 20 kilometres walk – Final. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724101622/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-20KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf. 24 July 2020. 24 July 2020. 2019 World Athletics Championships.
  22. Web site: Men's 50 kilometres walk – Final. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724170347/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-50KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf. 24 July 2020. 24 July 2020. 2019 World Athletics Championships.
  23. Web site: Athletics - Final Results. live. 2021-08-07. Olympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722145536/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-50km-race-walk-fnl-000100-.htm . 2021-07-22 .
  24. News: Murió Luis Chocho, el primer entrenador del campeón olímpico Jefferson Pérez y figura del desarrollo de la marcha en Ecuador. Redaccion El Universo. 17 February 2021. February 17, 2021.
  25. News: Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships. IAAF. Eduardo. Biscayart. 2016-07-03. 2016-07-05.
  26. https://olympics.com/pt/noticias/mae-atleta-erica-sena-mundial-atletismo-2023 Mundial de Atletismo 2023: Érica Sena recomeça após desilusão em Tóquio e maternidade

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