Manuel Esteban Soto Explained

Manuel Esteban Soto
Fullname:	Manuel Esteban Soto Ruiz
Sport:	Men's athletics
Event:	20 kilometres race walk
Nationality:	Colombian
Birth Date:	28 January 1994
Birth Place:	Pitalito, Colombia
Height:	^[1]
Weight:	62 kg
Pb:	20 km walk: 1:20:36 (2016)

Manuel Esteban Soto Ruiz (born 28 January 1994) is a Colombian male racewalking athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

He failed to finish in his international debut at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics but took a bronze medal at the South American Race Walking Championships in 2012. A succession of age category gold medals followed at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup and the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.

He made his senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup, sharing in the team silver medal. He gained selection for Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished with a personal best of 1:20:36 minutes for the 20 km walk in ninth place.^[1]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Personal bests

• 10,000 metres race walk – 41:55.95 (2013)
• 10 kilometres race walk – 41:19 (2013)
• 20,000 metres race walk – 1:23:22.7 (2014)
• 20 kilometres race walk – 1:20:36 (2016)

All information from All-Athletics.^[3]

International competitions

2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	—	10,000 m walk
2012	South American Race Walking Championships	Salinas, Ecuador	3rd	10 km walk (junior)	43:43
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Junior team	3 pts
	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	39th	10 km walk (junior)	45:24
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Junior team	10 pts
2013	South American Junior Championships	Resistencia, Argentina	bgcolor=gold	1st	10 km walk	41:55.95
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Guatemala City, Guatemala	bgcolor=gold	1st	10 km walk	41:18.6
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Junior team	7 pts
2014	South American U23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	bgcolor=gold	1st	20,000 m walk	1:23:22.7
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	14th	20 km walk	1:26:27
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Team	23 pts
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	20 km walk	1:20:36
2017	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	20 km walk	1:26:32

Notes and References

1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/manuel-esteban-soto Manuel Esteban Soto
2. Web site: Athletics - SOTO Manuel Esteban. dead. 2021-08-29. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829032125/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1411007-soto-manuel-esteban.htm.
3. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/node/596665 Manuel Esteban Soto