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Bernardo Segura Rivera (born February 11, 1970 in
San Mateo Atenco San Mateo Atenco is one of 125 municipalities in the State of México in Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of San Mateo Atenco. It lies west of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) near the municipality of Metepec, in the central part ...
) is a Mexican
race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
. He is the current holder of the 20,000m World Record for Race Walking on a track with a time of 1:17:25.6. In the
2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
, Segura finished first the 20 km walk. However, he was disqualified by the judges while he was being congratulated by then president
Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from t ...
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* * * 1970 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Mexico Sportspeople from the State of Mexico People from San Mateo Atenco Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico World Athletics record holders Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade bronze medalists for Mexico World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{mexico-athletics-bio-stub