Omar Zepeda
Appearance
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Full name | Omar Zepeda de Léon | ||||||||||||||
Born | San Mateo Atenco, México, México | June 8, 1977||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Race walking | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 24 December 2014 |
Template:Spanish name Omar Zepeda de Léon (born 8 July 1977 in San Mateo Atenco, México) is a male race walker from Mexico.[1][2] He finished sixth in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:49:01 hours. He was the bronze medalist in the 50 kilometres walk at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Also he won the team silver medal with Mexico over 50 km at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia. He has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on six occasions and was 21st over 50 km at the 2011 edition. He won the 50 km race at the Chihuahua meeting on the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge tour.[3]
Personal bests
Track walk
Road walk
Achievements
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.
External links
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Mexican racewalkers
- Male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Mexico
- Sportspeople from the State of Mexico
- Mexican athletics biography stubs