Joel Sánchez (racewalker)
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Joel Sánchez Guerrero |
Born | Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal | September 15, 1966
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Racewalking |
Updated on 27 July 2013 |
Joel Sánchez Guerrero (born September 15, 1966 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican race walker, who made his debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was disqualified in the men's 20 km race. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal in the 50 kilometres walk at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Among his other international performances, he was the gold medallist at the 1999 Pan American Games and a silver medallist at the 1991 Pan American Games.
Personal bests
[edit]- 20 km: 1:19:00 hrs –
Eisenhüttenstadt, 8 May 1999
- 50 km: 3:44:36 hrs –
Sydney, 29 September 2000
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1984 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2nd | 10,000 m | 48:07.0 |
1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 10th | 20 km | 1:25:50 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | — | 20 km | DQ |
Pan American Race Walking Cup | Mar del Plata, Argentina | — | 20 km | DQ | |
1990 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Xalapa, México | 2nd | 20 km | 1:22:09 |
1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 20 km | 1:25:45 |
World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 12th | 20 km | 1:22:03 | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | — | 20 km | DNF | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 21st | 20 km | 1:30:12 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 16th | 20 km | 1:24:48 |
1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 1st | 50 km | 4:06:31 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | — | 50 km | DNF | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | 50 km | 3:44:36 PB |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 6th | 20 km | 1:22:05 |
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joel Sánchez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
- Joel Sánchez at World Athletics
External links
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Mexican male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes for Mexico
- Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes from Mexico City
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican people
- Mexican Olympic medalist stubs
- Mexican athletics biography stubs