Yerko Araya
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Full name | Yerko Ignacio Araya Cortés | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile | February 14, 1986|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Chile | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 17 May 2015 |
Yerko Ignacio Araya Cortés (born 14 February 1986 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean racewalker.[1] He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 41st.[2][3]
He has a twin brother, Edward, who is also a racewalker.
Personal bests
[edit]Track walk
[edit]- 10,000 m: 40:48.94 min – Canberra, 14 Enero 2018
- 20,000 m: 1:20:47.2 hrs (ht) – Buenos Aires, 5 June 2011
Road walk
[edit]- 10 km: 43:41 min – Los Ángeles, 3 April 2004
- 20 km: 1:21:26 hrs – Canberra, 21 February 2016
Competition record
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Yerko Araya". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ "Men's 20km Race Walk Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ Biografía - General - ARAYA CORTES Yerko Ignacio - Chile (in Spanish), retrieved May 14, 2014
External links
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Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Chilean twins
- Chilean male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Antofagasta
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
- South American Games bronze medalists for Chile
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- 21st-century Chilean people
- Chilean athletics biography stubs