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Costa Rican race walker
Allan Segura
Full name Allan Francisco Segura Medina Nationality Costa Rica Born (1980-12-23 ) 23 December 1980 (age 43) Curridabat , San José , Costa Rica Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 64 kg (141 lb) Sport Athletics Event Race walking Updated on 25 December 2014
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Segura and the second or maternal family name is
Medina .
Allan Francisco Segura Medina (born December 23, 1980)[ 1] is a Costa Rican race walker .[ 2] He represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , where he became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony .[ 3] [ 4] He competed in the men's 20 km race walk , where he finished in thirty-ninth place, with a time of 1:27:10.[ 5] Segura achieved his best result in race walking, when he finished thirty-second at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia , with the fastest possible time of 1:23:12.
Personal bests
Track walk
20,000 m: 1:25:06.83 hrs – San José , 26 June 2011
Road walk
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing the Costa Rica
2001
Central American Games
Guatemala City , Guatemala
3rd
20 km
1:33:54
2002
Ibero-American Championships
Guatemala City , Guatemala
10th
20,000m walk
1:34:29
Central American Championships
San José , Costa Rica
1st
20,000m track walk
1:37:51.67
2003
Central American Championships
Guatemala City , Guatemala
1st
20,000m track walk
1:32:44.90
World Championships
Saint-Denis , France
28th
20 km
1:30:53
2004
Ibero-American Championships
Huelva , Spain
8th
20,000m track walk
1:30:46.7
Central American Championships
Managua , Nicaragua
1st
20,000m track walk
1:31:51.30
2005
Central American Championships
San José , Costa Rica
3rd
20,000m track walk
1:31:13.95
2006
World Race Walking Cup
A Coruña , Spain
58th
20 km
1:27:53
Ibero-American Championships
Ponce , Puerto Rico
4th
20,000m track walk
1:34:31.85
Central American and Caribbean Games
Cartagena , Colombia
7th
20 km
1:47:00
2007
Central American Race Walking Cup
Guatemala City , Guatemala
1st
20 km
1:22:53[ 6]
Central American Championships
San José , Costa Rica
2nd
20,000m track walk
1:27:16.12
NACAC Championships
San Salvador , El Salvador
3rd
20,000m walk
1:29:50
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
6th
20 km
1:32:27
2008
World Race Walking Cup
Cheboksary , Russia
32nd
20 km
1:23:12
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali , Colombia
3rd
20,000m track walk
1:27:57.2
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
39th
20 km
1:27:10
2009
Pan American Race Walking Cup
San Salvador , El Salvador
10th
20 km
1:29:06
Central American Championships
Guatemala City , Guatemala
2nd
20,000m track walk
1:27:39.56
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Havana , Cuba
2nd
20 km
1:34:58
World Championships
Berlin , Germany
41st
20 km
1:29:52
2010
Central American Games
Panama City , Panama
1st
20,000m track walk
1:34:12.15
World Race Walking Cup
Chihuahua , Mexico
34th
20 km
1:28:25
Ibero-American Championships
San Fernando , Spain
5th
20,000m walk
1:27:51.5 (ht)
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
6th
20 km
1:28:49
Central American Championships
Guatemala City , Guatemala
1st
20,000m track walk
1:26:44.45
2011
Central American Race Walking Cup
San Salvador , El Salvador
3rd
20 km
1:26:30
Central American Championships
San José , Costa Rica
1st
20,000m track walk
1:25:06.83
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
1st
20,000m track walk
1:28.56.08
Pan American Games
Guadalajara , Mexico
—
20 km
DQ
—
50 km
DNF
2012
World Race Walking Cup
Saransk , Russia
83rd
20 km
1:31:21
Central American Championships
Managua , Nicaragua
3rd
20,000m track walk
1:33:23.96
2013
Central American Race Walking Cup
Guatemala City , Guatemala
1st
20 km
1:38:52
Central American Games
San José , Costa Rica
1st
20 km
1:28:43
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Guatemala City , Guatemala
17th
20 km
1:32:41
5th
Team (20 km)
73 pts
Central American Championships
Managua , Nicaragua
1st
20,000m track walk
1:33:40.28
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Morelia , Mexico
3rd
20 km
1:39:14
2014
World Race Walking Challenge
Chihuahua , México
12th
50 km
4:25:15
World Race Walking Cup
Taicang , China
—
50 km
DNF
Central American Championships
Tegucigalpa , Honduras
4th
20,000m track walk
1:33:39.74
Central American and Caribbean Games
Xalapa , Mexico
—
50 km
DNF
2015
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Arica , Chile
29th
20 km
1:35:23
References
^
Gutiérrez, Fernando (2 March 2009), Campeonato Nacional de Marcha - Allan gana competencia, pero no pudo vencerse a sí mismo - Segura cruzó la meta de primero, pero no pudo bajar su propio tiempo - Gripe y falta de contrincantes que lo presionaran fueron escollos para el atleta (in Spanish), La Nación , retrieved May 17, 2014
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Allan Segura" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2012 .
^ Fonseca Hidalgo, Francisco (9 July 2008). "Allan Segura el Abanderado" [Allan Segura, the flag bearer] (in Spanish). Diario Extra. Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 26 November 2012 .
^ "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF) . Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 November 2012 .
^ "Men's 20km Walk" . NBC Olympics . Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012 .
^ Irregular mark: Short course
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