Cristhian Pacheco

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Cristhian Pacheco
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Pacheco at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameCristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza
Born (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 32)
Huancayo, Peru
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Marathon
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Marathon

Cristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 May 1993) is a Peruvian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

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Running career

Pacheco competed in the men's marathon at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]

He won the Marathon at the 2019 Pan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru. This race set a new Pan American Games record with a time of 2:09.31. It was also the Peruvian national record.

On February 19, 2023, he placed 11th in the Valencia Marathon in a time 2:07:38 breaking his own personal best, and the national record, by nearly 2 minutes. [2]

Statistics

Information from World Athletics profile. [3]

Personal bests

SurfaceEventTimeVenueDateNotes
Outdoor track10,000m28:56.88 Portland, OR June 10, 2022
RoadHalf Marathon1:02:50 Lima, PER May 1, 2022
Marathon2:07:38 Sevilla, ESP February 19, 2023NR

International Competition Results

YearMeetLocationEventPlaceTime
2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark Half Marathon85th1:06:07
South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru 10,000m2nd30:18.24
2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marathon52nd2:18:41
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 10,000mDNF
2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia, Spain Half Marathon50th1:03:15
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru Marathon1st2:09:31
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan Marathon59th2:22:12

Personal life

He is a younger brother of Raúl Pacheco, also a marathoner.

References

  1. "Cristhian Pacheco". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. Size, Xiomara (19 February 2023). "Cristhian Pacheco breaks national record and qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". infobae. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. "Christian Pacheco". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2023.