Jesús Sánchez (racewalker)

Jesús Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Jesús Sánchez González
Nationality  Mexico
Born (1976-03-23) 23 March 1976
Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 20 km walk: 1:20:52 (2009)
50 km walk: 3:50:55 (2009)

Jesús Sánchez González (born March 23, 1976 in Mexico City) is a Mexican race walker.[1] He set his personal best time of 3:50:55, by finishing thirteenth in the men's 50 km race walk at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[2][3]

Sanchez represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 50 km race walk, along with his teammates Mario Iván Flores and Horacio Nava. He successfully finished the race in eighteenth place by one minute behind China's Si Tianfeng, with a time of 3:53:58.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jesús Sánchez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Gullan, Scott (22 August 2009). "Sydney girl wins world gold". The Daily Telegraph. The Australian News. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 Kilometres Race Walk". Berlin 2009. IAAF. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 50km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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