Claudia Balderrama Ibañez (born 13 November 1983)
[
] is a Bolivian
race-walker[
] of partial
Aymara ancestry. She was born in
Catavi
Catavi is a tin mine in Bolivia, near the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department. Along with the Siglo XX mine, it is part of a mining complex in the area.
Apart from the Catavi-Siglo XX mining complex; it refers as ...
,
Llallagua
Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period) is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llalla ...
,
Potosí
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal . For centuries, it was the location o ...
, and competed for
Bolivia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Bolivia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Comité Olímpico Boliviano sent a total of 5 athletes to the Games, 3 men and 2 women, to compete only in athletics, shooting, and swimming; al ...
, finishing 33rd in a new personal best of 1:33:28.
NBC Olympics article on her
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Personal bests
Road walk
*20 km walk: 1:33:28 hrs – London
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, 11 August 2012
Achievements
References
External links
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Tilastopaja biography
1983 births
Living people
Bolivian female racewalkers
People from Rafael Bustillo Province
Bolivian people of Aymara descent
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games competitors for Bolivia
Olympic athletes for Bolivia
World Athletics Championships athletes for Bolivia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
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