David Mejía Hernández (born December 7, 1986, in
Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in Mexico. The city f ...
) is a Mexican race walker. He set his personal best time of 1:22:36, by finishing third in the men's 20 km at the 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in
Chihuahua,
Mexico
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.
Mejia represented
Mexico
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed in the
men's 20 km race walk, along with his compatriot
Eder Sánchez
Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán (born 21 May 1986 in Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de México) is a Mexican race walker. He has competed at the World Championships in Athletics five times (2005 to 2011) and represented his country at the 2008 Beij ...
. He successfully finished the race in thirty-sixth place by eight seconds ahead of Italy's
Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi, with a time of 1:26:45.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Mexican male racewalkers
Living people
Olympic athletes for Mexico
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Toluca
1986 births
21st-century Mexican people
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