Andrés Chocho
Race walking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Updated on 11 June 2014. |
Cristian Andrés Chocho León (born 4 November 1983)
Chocho was the
Career
Born in
The 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in conjunction with the 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in October and he won the South American 10,000 m walk title, while finishing second in the Pan American race behind Mexico's Horacio Nava.[9][10] Later that month he won the 10 km junior road title at the South American Cup.[11] In his final year of junior competition he was runner-up to Brazil's Rafael Duarte in the 2002 South American Junior Championships and placed eighteenth in the 10,000 m walk at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[12][13] That year also marked his senior debut at the 2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, where he took 34th place in the 20 km walk category, as well as a tenth-place finish at the South American Cup.[14]
Chocho did not compete in major competition in 2003 but returned in 2004 he placed fifth in the South American Cup. He was disqualified at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in both 2004 and 2006. He set a personal best of 1:22:31 hours for the 20 km walk at the Na Rynek Marsz meet in June 2007, but managed only 13th place at the 2007 Summer Universiade and was again disqualified at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.[14] He came ninth at the 2008 South American Race Walking Cup and managed finishes of 38th and 39th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, respectively.[15] He also improved his best to 1:22:05 hours at that year's Na Rynek Marsz meet.[16] His highlights of 2009 were a twelfth-place finish at the 2009 Summer Universiade and 39th place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[14]
Chocho was disqualified at the 2010 South American Cup,
Making his championship debut over the distance, Chocho proved himself more adept at the longer distance and took eleventh place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics with a South American record time of 3:49:32 hours.[21] He ended the year at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was disqualified in the 50 km walk event.[15] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was disqualified just beyond an hour into the 50 km race having been shown three red cards.
In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[22] He finished in 18th place.[22] He also competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk.[23] He did not finish his race.[23]
Chocho represented Ecuador in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th with a season best.[24]
Personal life
Andres Chocho is the son of the olympic trainer, Luis Chocho (born 1957 in Cuenca Ecuador, died February 17, 2021, due to the complications for the COVID-19 disease to the age of 64 years old).[25]
He is married to a Brazilian race walker, Érica de Sena, who he also coaches.[26] Their son was born in 2022.[27]
Personal bests
Track walk
- 10,000 m: 40:29.71 min (ht) – Cuenca, Ecuador, 21 March 2016
- 20,000 m: 1:20:23.8 hrs (ht) – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 June 2011
Road walk
- 20 km: 1:20:07 hrs – Rome, Italy, 7 May 2016
- 50 km: 3:42:57 hrs NR– Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 6 March 2016
International competitions
References
- ^ Andres Chocho. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ Biografía - General - CHOCHO LEON Cristian Andres - Ecuador (in Spanish), archived from the original on March 23, 2014, retrieved May 20, 2014
- ^ v20110514 1755.html 1999 South American Racewalking Cup. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 1999 South American Junior Championships in Athletics Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2000 South American Racewalking Cup. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2000 South American Junior Championships in Athletics Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2000 World Junior Championships Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2001 South American Racewalking Cup Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ a b c d Chocho Andres. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ a b Andres Chocho. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ Rozum, Janusz (2008-05-25). Sanchez, Turava defend titles in Krakow - IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-28). Ecuadorians shine at South American Race Walking Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2011-04-09). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-13.
- ^ 0 547145485.html Ecuatoriano Chocho logra undécimo puesto y récord sudamericano en Mundial[permanent dead link]. El Comercio (2011-09-02). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
- ^ a b "Men's 20 kilometres walk – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Men's 50 kilometres walk – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Olympics. Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Redaccion El Universo (17 February 2021). "Murió Luis Chocho, el primer entrenador del campeón olímpico Jefferson Pérez y figura del desarrollo de la marcha en Ecuador". Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- IAAF. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ Mundial de Atletismo 2023: Érica Sena recomeça após desilusão em Tóquio e maternidade