Jesús Sánchez González (born March 23, 1976, in
Mexico City
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) is a Mexican race walker. He set his personal best time of 3:50:55, by finishing thirteenth in the
men's 50 km race walk at the
2009 IAAF World Championships
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg G ...
in
Berlin, Germany
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.
Sanchez represented
Mexico
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 50 km race walk, along with his teammates
Mario Iván Flores and
Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava Meza (born January 20, 1982 in Chihuahua) is a male race walker from Mexico. He represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 t ...
. He successfully finished the race in eighteenth place by one minute behind China's
Si Tianfeng
Si Tianfeng (, Sī Tiānfēng, born June 17, 1984, in Xintai, Shandong) is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 17th. He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and ...
, with a time of 3:53:58.
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
Athletes from Mexico City
1976 births
21st-century Mexican people
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