Arturo S. Huerta (born 30 March 1964 in

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) is a

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retired athlete who specialised in race walking. He represented his country at two Summer Olympics, in

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and

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, as well as two World Championships. In addition, he won the silver medal at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

. He has personal bests of 1:21:03 in

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(Toronto 2000) and 3:58:02 in the

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(Poza Rica 2000).

Competition record

References

1964 births Living people Track and field athletes from Toronto Canadian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Canadian Track and Field Championships winners {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub