Héctor Moreno (racewalker)
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| Full name | Héctor José Moreno Moreno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 8, 1963 Ventaquemada, Boyacá, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1988 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born June 8, 1963 in Ventaquemada, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian racewalker. He went to four Olympic Games and five World Championships in Athletics. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a Pan American Games title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years.
At regional level he was a two-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989 Bolivarian Games winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the Pan American Games, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.
His three brothers Querubín, Clodomiro, and Antonio were racewalkers as well.[1]
Personal bests[edit]
- 20 km walk: 1:21:50 hrs – New York City, 3 May 1987
- 50 km walk: 3:52:16 hrs – Naumburg, 25 May 1997
Achievements[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Morales Zapata, Rodrigo (1 March 1997). "Una familia a toda marcha" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- Héctor Moreno at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Héctor Moreno". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Colombian male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes for Colombia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- Sportspeople from Boyacá Department
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 1998 South American Games
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia