Arturo Huerta

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Arturo S. Huerta (born 30 March 1964 in Toronto [1] ) is a Canadian retired athlete who specialised in race walking. [2] He represented his country at two Summer Olympics, in 1996 and 2000, as well as two World Championships. In addition, he won the silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

He has personal bests of 1:21:03 in 20 kilometres walk (Toronto 2000) and 3:58:02 in the 50 kilometres walk (Poza Rica 2000).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1992 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 11th20 km walk 1:34:37
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 67th50 km walk 4:51:23
1994 Pan American Race Walking Cup Atlanta, United States 26th20 km walk 1:44:14
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 42nd20 km walk 1:28:23
Pan American Race Walking Cup Manaus, Brazil 8th20 km walk 1:36:59
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 72nd20 km walk 1:25:55
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd20 km walk 1:25:49
Pan American Race Walking Cup Miami, United States 4th20 km walk 1:30:35
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 10th20 km walk 1:22:26
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada5th20 km walk 1:22:02
World Championships Seville, Spain 20 km walk DQ
2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup Poza Rica, Mexico 4th50 km walk 3:58:02
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 24th20 km walk 1:25:24
50 km walk DQ
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 21st20 km walk 1:29:27
31st50 km walk 4:25.07
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 60th20 km walk 1:34:57

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