Carlos Mercenario

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Mercenario and the second or maternal family name is Carbajal.

Carlos Mercenario Carbajal (born May 23, 1967) is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Mexico
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	1st	20 km
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	DSQ	20 km
1988	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	20 km
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	7th	20 km
1990	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Xalapa, Mexico	3rd	20 km
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	50 km
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	1st	50 km
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	12th	20 km
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	50 km
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	1st	50 km
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	50 km
1994	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Atlanta, United States	1st	50 km
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	50 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	8th	50 km
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th	50 km
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	50 km
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	23rd	50 km

References

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Records
Preceded by Jozef Pribilinec	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder May 3, 1987 – June 21, 1987	Succeeded by Axel Noack

IAAF Men's World Race Walking Cup Champions

20 kilometres	1961 – 1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970 – 1973: Hans Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002 – 2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006 – 2008: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)

50 kilometres	1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965 – 1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991 – 1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002 – 2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006 – 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010 Matej Tóth (SVK)

Pan American Champions in Men's 10 km Walk and 20 km Walk

1951: 10 km Walk 1963 – present: 20 km Walk

1951: Henry Laskau (USA) 1955 – 1959: Not Held 1963: Alex Oakley (CAN) 1967: Ron Laird (USA) 1971: Goetz Klopfer (USA) 1975 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1991: Héctor Moreno (COL) 1995: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2003 – 2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2011: Erick Barrondo (GUA)

Pan American Champions in Men's 50 km Walk

1951: Sixto Ibáñez (MEX) 1955 – 1963: Not Held 1967 – 1971: Larry Young (USA) 1975: Not Held 1979 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1987: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1991 – 1995: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1999: Joel Sánchez (MEX) 2003: Germán Sánchez (MEX) 2007: Xavier Moreno (ECU) 2011: Horacio Nava (MEX)

World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking

20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)

50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohan Diniz (RUS)

Persondata
Name	Mercenario, Carlos
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	May 23, 1967
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Date of death
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