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Mexican race walker
Omar Zepeda
Race walking |
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Updated on 24 December 2014 |
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Zepeda and the second or maternal family name is
de Léon.
Omar Zepeda de Léon (born 8 July 1977) is a Mexican
.
Also he won the team silver medal with Mexico over 50 km at the
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
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing the Mexico
|
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
|
|
—
|
20 km
|
DNF
|
World Championships
|
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
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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
|
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
|
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
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2013
|
Pan American Race Walking Cup
|
|
1st
|
50 km
|
3:57:52
|
1st
|
Team (50 km)
|
12 pts
|
World Championships
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Moscow, Russia
|
19th
|
50 km
|
3:50:43
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2014
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Taicang, China
|
7th
|
50 km
|
3:47:35
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Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Xalapa, México
|
2nd
|
50 km
|
3:52:45 A
|
2015
|
Pan American Race Walking Cup
|
Arica, Chile
|
7th
|
50 km
|
3:58:44
|
1st
|
Team (50 km)
|
7 pts
|
References
- ^
Omar Zepeda, Eurosport, retrieved May 15, 2014
- ^
Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (20 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Omar Zepeda de León, Toluca, Estado de MEX, 8-jun-77 (PDF) (in Spanish),
Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo
, retrieved December 24, 2014
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
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