Joel Sánchez Guerrero (born September 15, 1966 in

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) is a Mexican race walker, who made his debut at the

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. There he was disqualified in the men's 20 km race. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal in the

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at the

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. Among his other international performances, he was the gold medallist at the

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and a silver medallist at the

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Personal bests

*20 km: 1:19:00 hrs –

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, 8 May 1999 *50 km: 3:44:36 hrs – Sydney, 29 September 2000

Achievements

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1966 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes from Mexico City Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people {{mexico-athletics-bio-stub