Salvador Ernesto Mira Vásquez (born August 23, 1984, in

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) is a Salvadoran race walker. He set both a national record and a personal best time of 3:59:51, by finishing fourth in the men's 50 km race walk at the

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. Mira represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 50 km race walk. Unfortunately, Mira received a final warning (a total of three red cards) for not following the proper form during the 25 km lap, and was subsequently disqualified from the competition.

Personal best

*20 km race walk: 1:26:09 hrs –

, 10 December 2005 *50 km race walk: 3:59:51 hrs –

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, 28 July 2007

Achievements

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1984 births Living people Salvadoran male racewalkers Olympic athletes for El Salvador Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador People from San Salvador Department 21st-century Salvadoran people {{ElSalvador-athletics-bio-stub