Cristhian Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 May 1993) is a Peruvian

long distance runner Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mensur ...

who specialises in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

Running career

Pacheco competed in the men's marathon at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He won the Marathon at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

which was held in Lima, Peru. This race set a new Pan American Games record with a time of 2:09.31. It was also the Peruvian national record. On February 19th, 2023 he placed 11th in the

Valencia Marathon The Valencia Marathon (also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletic ...

in a time 2:07:38 breaking his own personal best, and the national record, by nearly 2 minutes.

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profile. Personal bests International Competition Results

Personal life

He is a younger brother of

Raúl Pacheco Raúl Manuel Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 April 1979) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. He was born in Santa Fe de Jauja. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 21st place. Raul Pacheco placed 6th at the Rot ...

, also a marathoner.

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* 1993 births Living people Peruvian male long-distance runners Peruvian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games People from Huancayo Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Peruvian people {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub