César Augusto Rodríguez Diburga (born 26 June 1997) is a Peruvian

racewalking 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 ...

athlete. He represented Peru at the

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in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Career

In February 2014, Rodríguez represented Peru at the 2014 South American Race Walking Championships in the youth 10 kilometres walk and won a silver medal. In August 2014, he represented Peru at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

and was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He competed in the 10 kilometre walk and finished in fourth place with a time of 42:26.49. He then won a gold medal at the

2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships The 2015 Pan American Junior Championships was the eighteenth edition of the biennial track and field competition for under-20 athletes from the Americas, organised by the Association of Panamerican Athletics. It was held in Edmonton, Alberta, C ...

in the 10 kilometres walk. Rodríguez represented Peru at the

2018 South American Games The 2018 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was the 11th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. A total of 373 sporting events are scheduled to be contested across a variety of sports. B ...

in the 20 kilometers walk and finished with a time of 1:26:23 to win a silver medal. He represented Peru at the

in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 21st place.

References

1997 births Living people Peruvian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Peru People from Huancayo 21st-century Peruvian people South American Games competitors for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub