Allan Segura

For the model, see Allan Segura (model).

Allan Segura

Personal information
Full name	Allan Francisco Segura Medina
Nationality	Costa Rica
Born	(1980-12-23) 23 December 1980 (age 44) Curridabat, San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Costa Rica Central American Games 2013 San José 20 km walk 2010 Ciudad de Panamá 20,000 m 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 20,000 m CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 20,000 m 2009 La Habana 20,000 m 2008 Cali 20,000 m 2013 Morelia 20 km walk
Updated on 25 December 2014

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Seguraand 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

• 20 km: 1:23:12 hrs – Cheboksary, 10 May 2008
• 50 km: 4:25:15 hrs – Chihuahua, 22 February 2014

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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
5. "Men's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
6. Irregular mark: Short course

External links

• Profile – CON-CRC (in Spanish)
• NBC Olympics Profile
• Allan Segura at World Athletics
• 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 2020-04-18.