Raúl Manuel Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 April 1979) is a

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vian long-distance runner. He was born in Santa Fe de Jauja. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 21st place. Raul Pacheco placed 6th at the

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(2:11:01) in 2015, set a new national record and qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2015, he placed second in the Toronto Pan American Games with a time of 2:17:13, and took home Peru's inaugural medal in a marathon at the Pan American games."Raúl Pacheco won silver medal in PanAmerican Marathon"
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at ''Sports-Reference.com'' 1979 births Living people Peruvian male long-distance runners Peruvian male marathon runners Olympic male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub