Omar Zepeda Explained
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| Fullname: | Omar Zepeda de Léon |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1977 |
| Birth Place: | San Mateo Atenco, Mexico |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Race walking |
| Updated: | 24 December 2014 |
Omar Zepeda de Léon (born 8 July 1977) is a Mexican race walker. He finished sixth in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:49:01 hours. He was the bronze medalist in the 50 kilometres walk at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Also he won the team silver medal with Mexico over 50 km at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia. He has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on six occasions and was 21st over 50 km at the 2011 edition. He won the 50 km race at the Chihuahua meeting on the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge tour.[1]
Personal bests
Track walk
- 10,000 m: 40:26.68 min –
Monterrey, 4 July 2004
- 20,000 m: 1:27:57.5 hrs (ht) –
Bergen, 3 May 1997
Road walk
- 20 km: 1:21:59 min –
Poděbrady, 19 April 1997
- 50 km: 3:47:35 hrs –
Taicang, 3 May 2014
Achievements
| Representing the |
|---|
| 1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady, Czech Republic | 35th | 20 km | 1:21:59 |
| 3rd | Team (20 km) | 403 pts |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 18th | 20 km | 1:25:38 |
| 2000 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Poza Rica, México | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | — | 20 km | DNF |
| Edmonton, Canada | — | 50 km | DNF |
| Pan American Race Walking Cup | Cuenca, Ecuador | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| 2002 | World Race Walking Cup | Turin, Italy | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2003 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Tijuana, México | — | 50 km | DNF |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 50 km | 3:49:01 |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | 50 km | 3:56:04 |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 23rd | 50 km | 3:56:52 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team (50 km) | 29 pts |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 13th | 50 km | 3:59:39 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team (50 km) | 22 pts |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 21st | 50 km | 3:56:41 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 33rd | 50 km | 4:03:35 |
| 4th | Team (50 km) | 49 pts |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 22nd | 50 km | 3:49:14 |
| 2013 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 50 km | 3:57:52 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team (50 km) | 12 pts |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th | 50 km | 3:50:43 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 7th | 50 km | 3:47:35 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 50 km | 3:52:45 A |
| 2015 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Arica, Chile | 7th | 50 km | 3:58:44 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team (50 km) | 7 pts | |
External links
Notes and References
- Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
