Héctor Moreno (racewalker) explained

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Héctor Moreno
Fullname:Héctor José Moreno Moreno
Birth Date:8 June 1963
Birth Place:Ventaquemada, Boyacá, Colombia
Height:1.57m (05.15feet)
Weight:54kg (119lb)
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Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking

Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born June 8, 1963 in Ventaquemada, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian racewalker. He went to four Olympic Games and five World Championships in Athletics. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a Pan American Games title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years.

At regional level he was a two-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989 Bolivarian Games winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the Pan American Games, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.

His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.

His three brothers Querubín, Clodomiro, and Antonio were racewalkers as well.[1]

Personal bests

Achievements

-Representing
1981Bolivarian GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuelabgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:38:07
1982Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20)		Bridgetown, Barbadosbgcolor=gold1st10 km44:13.55
1983Pan American GamesCaracas, Venezuela3rd20 km1:30:05
South American ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1st20 km1:24:12 CR
1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States12th20 km1:27:12
Pan American Race Walking CupBucaramanga, Colombia3rd20 km1:27:09
1985World Race Walking CupSt John's, Isle of Man18th20 km1:26:54
1986Pan American Race Walking CupSaint Léonard, Canada5th20 km1:24:02
1987Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States3rd50 km4:18:48
World Race Walking CupNew York City, United States10th20 km1:21:50
World ChampionshipsRome, Italy—20 kmDNF
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea33rd20 km1:27:06
30th50 km4:01:31
1989South American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia2nd20 km1:24:56 A
Bolivarian GamesMaracaibo, Venezuelabgcolor=gold1st20 km1:29:07
1990Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico3rd20 km1:24:54
bgcolor=gold1st50 km4:06:04
1991San Jose, United States18th20 km1:22:40
Pan American GamesHavana, Cuba1st20 km1:24:56
–50 kmDNF
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan19th20 km1:23:27
—50 kmDNF
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain9th20 km1:26:23
1993Bolivarian GamesCochabamba, Boliviabgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:26:24 A
Stuttgart, Germany11th20 km1:24:43
Ponce, Puerto Rico2nd20 km1:26:32
1994Ibero-American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina3rd20 km1:21:49.9
1995Mar del Plata, Argentina–50 kmDNF
South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil2nd20,000 m1:31:03.9
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th20 km1:24:34
1996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia3rd20 km1:26:54
Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States—20 kmDNF
16th50 km3:54:57
1997South American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina1st20,000 m1:23:06.73 CR
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece17th50 km3:59:33
Bolivarian GamesArequipa, Perúbgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:29:51 A
1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal3rd20 km1:27:21
Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela7th20 km1:28:36
South American GamesCuenca, Ecuadorbgcolor=gold1st50 km4:27:13 A

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Morales Zapata . Rodrigo . Una familia a toda marcha . 19 March 2024 . . 1 March 1997 . Spanish.

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