Noé Hernández (racewalker)

Template:Spanish name 2 Noé "El Chivo" Hernández Valentin (March 15, 1978 – January 16, 2013^[1]) was a Mexican race walker. Hernández won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics^[2] and participated at the 2004 Olympics.

On December 30, 2012, Hernández was shot in the head, and left the hospital on January 8, 2013.^[3]^[4] Hernández died on January 16, 2013, in Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico due to a cardiac arrest.^[1]^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	20 km	1:20:49
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	20 km	1:19:03
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	—	20 km	DSQ
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	20 km	1:18:14 = PB
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	—	20 km	DSQ

^ ^a ^b "Noé Hernández muere de un paro cardiaco" (in Spanish). Azteca. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
^ Noe Hernandez at Sports Reference
^ "Noé Hernández sale del hospital tras balazo en la cabeza" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Microsoft. January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
^ "El drama de 'El Chivo' Hernández". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. January 1, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
^ "Noé Hernández muere por paro cardiorrespiratorio". El Universal (in Spanish). El Universal Compañia Periodística Nacional S.A. de C.V.

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