Horacio Nava
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Full nameHoracio Nava Meza
Birth date20 January 1982 (age 44)
Birth placeChihuahua, Mexico
Height1.80 m
Weight64 kg
SportRace walking
Event50 km race walk
Updated17 May 2015

Horacio Nava Meza (born January 20, 1982) is a Mexican race walker. He represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2013). He was the runner-up over 50 km at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He won gold medals over that distance at the 2010 CAC Games and the 2011 Pan American Games.[1]

He was third over 20 km at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge meet held in his native Chihuahua.[2]

He has qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
Road walk
20 km1:22:04 hrsRio Maior, Portugal14 April 2012
50 km3:42:51 hrsCheboksary, Russia7 June 2014
Track walk
10,000 m40:33.52 minMonterrey, Mexico4 July 2004
20,000 m1:25:24.13 hrsZapopan, Mexico23 June 2013

Achievements

Representing
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th10,000 m track walk44:41.89
2001Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1st10,000 m track walk43:33.92
2003Pan American Race Walking CupTijuana, Mexico–50 kmDNF
UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea8th20 km1:26:24
2004NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada1st20,000 m walk1:33:29
2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru2nd50 km3:59:26 A
1stTeam (50 km)6 pts
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th50 km3:53:57
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain7th50 km3:48:22
2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd50 km3:52.35
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan9th50 km3:58:17
2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia5th50 km3:47:55
2ndTeam (50 km)29 pts
Olympic GamesBeijing, China6th50 km3:45:21
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th50 km3:56:26
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico2nd50 km3:54:16
2ndTeam (50 km)22 pts
Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico1st50 km3:56:45
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea20th20 km1:24:15
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico1st50 km3:48:58
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia11th50 km3:51:23
4thTeam (50 km)49 pts
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom15th50 km3:46:59
2013Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala2nd50 km3:58:00 A
1stTeam (50 km)12 pts
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia32nd50 km3:58:09
2014Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico1st20 km1:25:05 A
2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile1st50 km3:45:41
1stTeam (50 km)7 pts
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China28th20 km walk1:24:40

References

  1. ^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (20 September 2014). "HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Horacio Nava Reza, Chihuahua, CHIH, 20-ene-82" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (4 March 2012). "Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Estos son los y las atletas que representarán a México en Tokio 2020" (in Spanish). El Financiero. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-18.