Emerson Hernández Explained

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Emerson Esnal Hernández
Birth Date:29 January 1989
Birth Place:San Salvador, El Salvador
Weight:61kg (134lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking
Updated:14 May 2014

Emerson Esnal Hernández (born January 29, 1989, in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran race walker. He began racing after a team of sports recruiters selected his best friend to try out, Hernández accompanied his friend, and one of the coaches at the try out noticed him. He represented El Salvador in the 50 km racewalk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography

Emerson Esnal Hernández was born in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 29, 1989, one of seven children of Juana Dolores Hernández. Hernández became involved with the sport of race walking when a group from the National Sports Institute of El Salvador visited his school looking for recruits. The team recruited Hernández's best friend Rafael Avalos, and Hernández accompanied him because Rafael was shy. They were taken to a stadium, where Hernández was noticed by a coach and entered training in athletics.[1]

At age 13 Hernández began to train with coach Rafael Cerna, and only five months after beginning training Hernández won first place in a cross country race. By 2003 he had qualified for the World Junior Championships and in 2005 won a gold medal in the El Salvador National Championships.[1] In the 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup, he took 4th place in the Junior Men's 10 km Racewalk.[2] During the early years of his athletic career, he continued his academic studies and in 2008 he graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the Instituto Nacional Alberto Masferrer de la Zacamil.[1] At the 2008 World Youth Athletics Championship, Hernández and his coach were involved in a controversy when the runners in Hernández' race were provided with carbonated water rather than uncarbonated water. Hernández and his coach claimed that this led to nausea, stomach cramps, and dizziness, and led to his withdrawal from the race.[3]

He qualified for the 2010 Central American Games in Puerto Rico, but withdrew due to injury, and in the same year finished 24th in the 50 km racewalk at the World Cup in Chihuahua, Mexico. As of 2012, he was ranked 54th in the world in the 50 km runwalk.[1] During the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, he finished in 6th place, eight minutes behind the 5th-place finisher.[4] Hernández qualified to represent El Salvador in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 50 km racewalk, and traveled to Italy prior to the games for training. There, he has been coached by experienced Italian racewalking coach Sandro Damilano, who has trained a number of Chinese and Italian athletes for the Olympics.[1] As of 2012, he was ranked 50th in the world in the 50 km event, and was the highest ranking Salvadoran racewalker.[5] At the 2012 Olympics, he finished in 26th place with a new personal best time of 3:53:57.[6]

Personal bests

Track walk

Road walk

Achievements

Representing the
2004Central American Youth ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica—5000 m track walkDNF
Central American and Caribbean Junior ChampionshipsCoatzacoalcos, México—5000 m track walkDNF
2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco11th10,000 m track walk46:35.34
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th10,000 m track walk46:23.20
2007Central American Race Walking Cup - JuniorCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemalabgcolor=gold1st10 km road walk44:33
Pan American Race Walking Cup - JuniorBalneário Camboriú, Brazil4th10 km road walk44:30
Central American Junior ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=gold1st10,000 m track walk44:05.79
Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica5th20,000 m track walk1:31:01.08
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil—10,000 m track walkDQ
2008World Race Walking Cup - JuniorCheboksary, Russia18th10 km road walk43:18
Central American Race Walking Cup - JuniorCiudad de Panamá, Panamábgcolor=gold1st10 km road walk47:07.3
World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland—10,000 m track walkDNF
Central American Junior ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=gold1st10,000 m track walk43:38.08
2009Central American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador5th20 km road walk1:30:28
Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador—50 km road walkDNF
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, México24th50 km road walk4:06:47
Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain—20,000 m walkDNF
Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico—50 km road walkDNF
2011Central American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=gold1st35 km road walk2:48:30
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea36th20 km road walk1:30:48
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, México6th50 km road walk4:12:53
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom27th50 km road walk3:53:57
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia—50 km road walkDQ
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China90th20 km road walk1:29:57

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EMERSON MARCHISTA ESA QUE SUEÑA EN GRANDE. Comité Olímpico de El Salvador. 6 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130830034620/http://comiteolimpicoesa.com/coes_gral/noticias/880-291211.html. 30 August 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results. USA Track and Field. 7 July 2012.
  3. News: Carcamo. Rafael. Esnal y los estragos del agua con gas en Polonia. 7 July 2012. elsalvador.com. 16 July 2008.
  4. Web site: Men's 50km Racewalk Final . Guadalajara 2011 . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530230531/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM09509550000001ENG.htm . 30 May 2012 .
  5. Web site: Najarro . César . A un mes de Londres . EDH Deportes . 7 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120629032848/http://www.edhdeportes.com/index.php/categoria-polideportivo-nacional/702-a-un-mes-de-londres . 29 June 2012 .
  6. Web site: Emerson Hernández Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/emerson-hernandez-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-11-14.

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