Evelyn Núñez

Evelyn Núñez

Personal information
Full name	Evelyn Rosmeri Núñez Fuentes
Nationality	Guatemala
Born	9 April 1971 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Race walking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	10 km walk: 46:19.48 (2006) 20 km walk: 1:35:13 (2005)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Guatemala Ibero-American Championships 2006 Ponce 10 km walk

Evelyn Rosmeri Núñez Fuentes (born April 9, 1971 in Guatemala City) is a female Guatemalan race walker.^[1] In 2006, she set a personal best time of 46:19.48 by winning the silver medal at the Ibero-American Championships in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She is also the mother of Jamy Franco, who ended the nation's 56-year drought by taking the race walk title at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[2]

At age thirty-seven, Núñez made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 20 km race walk. She finished and completed the race in forty-third place by three minutes behind Latvia's Jolanta Dukure, with the slowest time of 1:44:13.^[3][4]

References

1. "Evelyn Núñez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
2. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (24 October 2011). "Guatemala sweeps 20 km race walks, da Silva takes marathon gold – Pan Am Games Day 1". IAAF. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
3. "Women's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
4. Scheiber, Barbara (21 August 2008). "Upcoming events for Guatemalas Olympic team and latest update of results". The Guatemala Times. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

External links

• Evelyn Núñez profile at IAAF
• NBC Olympics Profile