Evelyn Rosmeri Núñez Fuentes (born April 9, 1971 in

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) is a female

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n race walker. In 2006, she set a personal best time of 46:19.48 by winning the silver medal at the Ibero-American Championships in

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. She is also the mother of

Jamy Franco Jamy Amarilis Franco Núñez (born 1 July 1991) is a Guatemalan race walker. Cuban coach Rigoberto Medina has worked with her since 2010. Born in Santa Rosa, Franco is the daughter of former Olympic race walker Evelyn Núñez. In 2005 at the a ...

, who ended the nation's 56-year drought by taking the race walk title at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara, Mexico. At age thirty-seven, Núñez made her official debut for the

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, where she competed in the women's 20 km race walk. She finished and completed the race in forty-third place by three minutes behind Latvia's

Jolanta Dukure Jolanta Dukure (born 20 September 1979) is a Latvian race walker 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 i ...

, with the slowest time of 1:44:13.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1971 births Living people Guatemalan female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Guatemala Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Guatemala City Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Guatemalan women 21st-century Guatemalan women {{Guatemala-athletics-bio-stub