Omar Zepeda
Omar Zepeda| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Omar Zepeda de Léon |
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| Born |
(1977-06-08) June 8, 1977
San Mateo Atenco, México, México |
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| Height |
1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
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| Weight |
68 kg (150 lb) |
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| Sport |
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| Country |
 Mexico |
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| Sport |
Athletics |
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| Event(s) |
Race walking |
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Updated on 24 December 2014. |
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
- 10,000 m: 40:26.68 min – Monterrey, 4 July 2004
- 20,000 m: 1:27:57.5 hrs (ht) –
Bergen, 3 May 1997
Road walk
- 20 km: 1:21:59 min –
Poděbrady, 19 April 1997
- 50 km: 3:47:35 hrs –
Taicang, 3 May 2014
Achievements
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes |
| Representing the Mexico |
| 1997 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Poděbrady, Czech Republic |
35th |
20 km road walk |
1:21:59 |
| World Championships |
Athens, Greece |
18th |
20 km road walk |
1:25:38 |
| 2000 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Poza Rica, México |
— |
50 km road walk |
DNF |
| 2001 |
Central American and Caribbean Championships |
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala |
— |
20 km road walk |
DNF |
| World Championships |
Edmonton, Canada |
— |
50 km road walk |
DNF |
| Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Cuenca, Ecuador |
— |
50 km road walk |
DSQ |
| 2002 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Turin, Italy |
— |
50 km road walk |
DNF |
| 2003 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Tijuana, México |
— |
50 km road walk |
DNF |
| Pan American Games |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
— |
50 km road walk |
DSQ |
| 2005 |
World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
6th |
50 km road walk |
3:49:01 |
| 2006 |
World Race Walking Cup |
La Coruña, Spain |
— |
50 km road walk |
DSQ |
| 2007 |
Pan American Games |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
3rd |
50 km road walk |
3:56:04 |
| World Championships |
Osaka, Japan |
— |
50 km road walk |
DSQ |
| 2008 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Cheboksary, Russia |
23rd |
50 km road walk |
3:56:52 |
| 2009 |
World Championships |
Berlin, Germany |
— |
50 km road walk |
DSQ |
| 2010 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Chihuahua, Mexico |
13th |
50 km road walk |
3:59:39 |
| 2011 |
World Championships |
Daegu, South Korea |
21st |
50 km road walk |
3:56:41 |
| 2012 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Saransk, Russia |
33rd |
50 km road walk |
4:03:35 |
| Olympic Games |
London, United Kingdom |
22nd |
50 km road walk |
3:49:14 |
| 2013 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala |
1st |
50 km road walk |
3:57:52 |
| World Championships |
Moscow, Russia |
19th |
50 km road walk |
3:50:43 |
| 2014 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Taicang, China |
7th |
50 km road walk |
3:47:35 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games |
Xalapa, México |
2nd |
50 km road walk |
3:52:45 A |
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.
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