Noelia Vargas Explained

Noelia Vargas Mena (born 17 April 2000)^[1] is a Costa Rican racewalker. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.^[1] She finished in 36th place with a time of 1:46:30.^[1] She also competed in the same event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States.^[2]

In 2018, Vargas competed in the women's 10,000 metres walk at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.^[3] She finished in 9th place.^[3]

Vargas competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[4] She finished in 6th place with a personal best of 1:33:09.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Women's 20 kilometres walk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930161657/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf. 30 September 2019. 23 June 2020. IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Web site: Women's 20 kilometres walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716070755/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf . 16 July 2022 . 16 July 2022 . 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Web site: Women's 10,000 metres walk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818071738/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6082/AT-10KW-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=2098927469. 18 August 2018. 27 August 2020. IAAF – 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.
Web site: 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk – Results . 4 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805093236/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73K_ATHW20KMWALK----------FNL-000100--.pdf . 5 August 2019 . live .