Raúl Pacheco

Raúl Pacheco
	Pacheco in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Personal information
Born	April 26, 1979 (age 45); Santa Fe de Jauja
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Peru
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon

Raúl Manuel Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 April 1979) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. He was born in Santa Fe de Jauja. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 21st place. Raul Pacheco placed 6th at the Rotterdam Marathon (2:11:01) in 2015, set a new national record and qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] In July 2015, he placed second in the Toronto Pan American Games with a time of 2:17:13, and took home Peru's inaugural medal in a marathon at the Pan American games.^[2]

References

Raúl Pacheco at World Athletics
Profile at Sports-Reference.com

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[1] "Peru athletes Ines Melchor and Raul Pacheco to run for gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games"

[2] "Raúl Pacheco won silver medal in PanAmerican Marathon"

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