Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán (born 21 May 1986 in

Tlalnepantla de Baz Tlalnepantla de Baz is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. ''Tlalnepantla'' comes from the Náhuatl words ''tlalli'' (land) ...

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) is a Mexican race walker. He has competed at the

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five times (2005 to 2011) and represented his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the

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.Eder Sanchez
. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-04-06. He is currently serving the

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, and has won the Mexican 'Premio Nacional del Deporte'. He holds the Mexican record for walking over 5 km and 10 km. His best for the 20 km distance is 1:18:34 hours. Sánchez was active in international walking competitions as a junior (under-20) athlete. He was the silver medallist over 10 km at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, was runner-up to Sun Chao at the 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, then took the 10,000 m walk title at the 2004 CAC Junior Championships. He came fourth in the 10,000 m walk at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics. In 2005 he moved up to the senior

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distance and placed eighth in that event at the

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. He failed to finish at the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup,Eder Sanchez
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06. but won a silver medal at the

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behind

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. He improved his placing at the

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with a fourth-place finish and reached his first global senior podium at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, taking the bronze medal with a personal best time of 1:18:34 hours. He managed only 15th at the 2008 Summer Olympics later that year however. He did win a gold medal at the

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that season though. Sánchez was the bronze medallist at the

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in a time of 1:19:22 hours. He came sixth in the 20 km walk at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup held in Mexico and won the regional title at the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

in a games record time. The year after he came sixth at the

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and was 15th at the

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. He competed on the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge circuit and won at the Chihuahua meeting in his native Mexico in March.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04)
Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 6th place.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Eder 1986 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Mexico Sportspeople from the State of Mexico People from Tlalnepantla de Baz World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Pan American Games competitors for Mexico 21st-century Mexican people