Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born June 8, 1963 in

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, Boyacá) is a retired

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. He went to four Olympic Games and five

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. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a

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title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years. At regional level he was a two-time champion at the

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(1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989

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winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the

, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the

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. His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.

Personal bests

*20 km walk: 1:21:50 hrs –

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, 3 May 1987 *50 km walk: 3:52:16 hrs –

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, 25 May 1997

Achievements

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