Cristhian Pacheco
Personal information | |
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Full name | Cristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza |
Born | (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 31) Huancayo, Peru |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Marathon |
Cristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 May 1993) is a Peruvian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
Running career
Pacheco competed in the men's marathon at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won the Marathon at the 2019 Pan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru. This race set a new Pan American Games record with a time of 2:09.31. It was also the Peruvian national record.
On February 19, 2023, he placed 11th in the Valencia Marathon in a time 2:07:38 breaking his own personal best, and the national record, by nearly 2 minutes.[2]
Statistics
Information from World Athletics profile.[3]
Personal bests
Surface | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor track | 10,000m | 28:56.88 | Portland, OR | June 10th, 2022 | |
Road | Half Marathon | 1:02:50 | Lima, PER | May 1st, 2022 | |
Marathon | 2:07:38 | Sevilla, ESP | February 19th, 2023 | NR |
International Competition Results
Year | Meet | Location | Event | Place | Time |
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2014 | IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | Half Marathon | 85th | 1:06:07 |
South American U23 Championships | Lima, Peru | 10,000m | 2nd | 30:18.24 | |
2016 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Marathon | 52nd | 2:18:41 |
2017 | South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 10,000m | DNF | |
2018 | IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Valencia, Spain | Half Marathon | 50th | 1:03:15 |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | Marathon | 1st | 2:09:31 |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | Marathon | 59th | 2:22:12 |
Personal life
He is a younger brother of Raúl Pacheco, also a marathoner.
References
- ^ "Cristhian Pacheco". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Size, Xiomara (19 February 2023). "Cristhian Pacheco breaks national record and qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". infobae. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Christian Pacheco". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
External links
- Cristhian Pacheco at World Athletics
- Cristhian Pacheco at Olympics.com
- Cristhian Pacheco at Olympedia
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- 1955:
Mateo Flores (GUA)
- 1959:
John J. Kelley (USA)
- 1963:
Fidel Negrete (MEX)
- 1967:
Andy Boychuk (CAN)
- 1971:
Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1975:
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Jorge González (PUR)
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Ivo Rodrigues (BRA)
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- 2007:
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- 2011:
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- 2015:
Richer Pérez (CUB)
- 2019:
Cristhian Pacheco (PER)
- 2023:
Cristhian Pacheco (PER)
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