Noé "El Chivo" Hernández Valentin (March 15, 1978 – January 16, 2013[1]) was a Mexican race walker. Hernández won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics[2] and participated at the 2004 Olympics.
On December 30, 2012, Hernández was shot in the head, and left the hospital on January 8, 2013.[3] [4] Hernández died on January 16, 2013, in Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico due to a cardiac arrest.[1] [5]
Representing | ||||||
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1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 20 km | 1:20:49 | |
2000 | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 20 km | 1:19:03 | ||
2001 | Edmonton, Canada | - | 20 km | DSQ | ||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 20 km | 1:18:14 = PB | |
2004 | Athens, Greece | - | 20 km | DSQ |