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Pedro Daniel Gómez

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Pedro Daniel Gómez
Personal information
NationalityMexican
Born (1990-12-31) December 31, 1990 (age 33)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRacewalking
Event20 kilometres race walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best20 km walk: 1:20:05 (2016)

Pedro Daniel Gómez (born 31 December 1990) is a Mexican racewalking athlete. He holds a personal best of 1:20:05 hours for the 20 kilometres race walk, set in 2016. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and is a three-time participant at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup (2008, 2010, 2012).

Gómez competed internationally for Mexico in racewalking from a young age, coming fourth at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of fourteen. Success came soon afterwards with silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships and the 2007 World Youth Championships.[2][3] A gold medal came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[4]

He began competing in the senior ranks in 2008. He took team gold at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup, having finished fourth.[5] A team bronze followed at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He placed in the top six at the Central American and Caribbean Games in both 2010 and 2014.

Personal bests

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All information from All-Athletics profile.[6]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 4th 10,000 m walk 44:01.54
2006 Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 5000 m walk 22:50.59
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd 10,000 m walk 43:11.87
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 44th 20 km walk 1:25:06
4th Team 61 pts
Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 6th 20 km walk 1:26:02.61
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th 10,000 m walk 42:53.38
2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 4th 20 km walk 1:23:58
1st Team 12 pts
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 10,000 m walk 42:19.56
World Championships Berlin, Germany 27th 20 km walk 1:24:39
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 14th 20 km walk 1:25:09
3rd Team 41 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th 20 km walk 1:27:53
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 26th 20 km walk 1:23:40
6th Team 78 pts
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 6th 20 km walk 1:40:45
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23rd 20 km walk 1:22:22

References

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  1. ^ a b Pedro Daniel Gómez. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  2. ^ Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  3. ^ Pedro Daniel Gomez. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  4. ^ Pan American Junior Championships 2009 - 7/31/2009 to 8/2/2009 . CFPI Timing. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  5. ^ I CAMPEONATO DE LAS AMERICAS DE MARCHA - SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, 1 Y 2 DE MAYO DE 2009 - CIRCUITO ZONA ROSA - 20 KILOMETROS MASCULINO MAYOR / 20 KILOMETERS MEN SENIORS (190 - 229). Americas Race Walking El Salvador 2009. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  6. ^ Pedro Daniel Gomez. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
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