David Mejia (racewalker) explained

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David Mejia
Fullname:David Mejía Hernández
Birth Date:7 December 1986
Birth Place:Toluca, Mexico
Weight:540NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Race walking
Pb:10 km walk: 41:56 (2004)
20 km walk: 1:22:36 (2011)

David Mejía Hernández (born December 7, 1986, in Toluca) is a Mexican race walker.[1] He set his personal best time of 1:22:36, by finishing third in the men's 20 km at the 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Chihuahua, Mexico.[2]

Mejia represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 20 km race walk, along with his compatriot Eder Sánchez. He successfully finished the race in thirty-sixth place by eight seconds ahead of Italy's Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi, with a time of 1:26:45.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. David Mejía. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/david-mejia-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 26 January 2013.
  2. News: Clavelo Robinson. Javier. Portuguese sweep in the women's 20km, Sanchez and Ojeda give double win in Mexico – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. 6 March 2011. 26 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's 20km Walk . . 26 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105155848/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM092100/standings.html . 5 January 2014 .