Luis Henry Campos Cruz (born 10 November 1995) is a

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racewalker 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 in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the men's 50 kilometres walk but did not finish the race. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 29th place. In 2023, he won a gold medal at the 2023 South American Championships in the 20,000 metres walk. Campos was born in

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...

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* 1995 births Living people Peruvian male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games silver medalists for Peru South American Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Peru 21st-century Peruvian people {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub