Allan Segura

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Allan Segura
Personal information
Full nameAllan Francisco Segura Medina
NationalityFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Born (1980-12-23) 23 December 1980 (age 43)
Curridabat, San José, Costa Rica
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventRace walking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Central American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 San José 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Ciudad de Panamá 20,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 20,000 m
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Mayagüez 20,000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 La Habana 20,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Cali 20,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Morelia 20 km walk
Updated on 25 December 2014.

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.

Contents

Personal bests

Track walk

Road walk

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
2001 Central American Games Guatemala City, Guatemala 3rd20 km1:33:54
2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 10th20,000m walk 1:34:29
Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st20,000m track walk1:37:51.67
2003 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st20,000m track walk1:32:44.90
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 28th20 km 1:30:53
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 8th20,000m track walk 1:30:46.7
Central American Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st20,000m track walk1:31:51.30
2005 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd20,000m track walk1:31:13.95
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 58th20 km 1:27:53
Ibero-American Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 4th20,000m track walk 1:34:31.85
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 7th20 km 1:47:00
2007 Central American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st20 km1:22:53 [6]
Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd20,000m track walk1:27:16.12
NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd20,000m walk 1:29:50
Pan American Games Río de Janeiro, Brazil 6th20 km 1:32:27
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 32nd20 km 1:23:12
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd20,000m track walk 1:27:57.2
Olympic Games Beijing, China 39th20 km 1:27:10
2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 10th20 km 1:29:06
Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd20,000m track walk1:27:39.56
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd20 km 1:34:58
World Championships Berlin, Germany 41st20 km 1:29:52
2010 Central American Games Panama City, Panama 1st20,000m track walk 1:34:12.15
World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 34th20 km 1:28:25
Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 5th20,000m walk 1:27:51.5 (ht)
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 6th20 km 1:28:49
Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st20,000m track walk1:26:44.45
2011 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd20 km1:26:30
Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st20,000m track walk1:25:06.83
Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st20,000m track walk 1:28.56.08
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 20 km DQ
50 km DNF
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 83rd20 km 1:31:21
Central American Championships Managua, Nicaragua 3rd20,000m track walk1:33:23.96
2013 Central American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st20 km1:38:52
Central American Games San José, Costa Rica 1st20 km 1:28:43
Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 17th20 km 1:32:41
5thTeam (20 km) 73 pts
Central American Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st20,000m track walk1:33:40.28
Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 3rd20 km 1:39:14
2014 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, México 12th50 km4:25:15
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 50 km DNF
Central American Championships Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4th20,000m track walk1:33:39.74
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 50 km DNF
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 29th20 km 1:35:23

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References

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  6. Irregular mark: Short course