Héctor Moreno (racewalker)

Héctor Moreno

Personal information
Full name	Héctor José Moreno Moreno
Born	June 8, 1963 Ventaquemada, Boyacá, Colombia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1988 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics
Medal record athletics Representing  Colombia South American Games 1998 Cuenca 50 km Bolivarian Games 1989 Maracaibo 20 km 1981 Barquisimeto 20 km 1993 Cochabamba 20 km 1997 Arequipa 20 km

Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born June 8, 1963 in Ventaquemada, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian racewalker. He went to four Olympic Games and five World Championships in Athletics. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a Pan American Games title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years.

At regional level he was a two-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989 Bolivarian Games winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the Pan American Games, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.

His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.

Personal bests

• 20 km walk: 1:21:50 hrs – New York, 3 May 1987
• 50 km walk: 3:52:16 hrs – Naumburg, 25 May 1997

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1981	Bolivarian Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	20 km	1:38:07
1982	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	10 km	44:13.55
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	3rd	20 km	1:30:05
	South American Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	20 km	1:24:12 CR
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	12th	20 km	1:27:12
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3rd	20 km	1:27:09
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	18th	20 km	1:26:54
1986	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Saint Léonard, Canada	5th	20 km	1:24:02
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	50 km	4:18:48
	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	10th	20 km	1:21:50
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	—	20 km	DNF
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	33rd	20 km	1:27:06
			30th	50 km	4:01:31
1989	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	20 km	1:24:56 A
	Bolivarian Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	20 km	1:29:07
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	20 km	1:24:56
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	18th	20 km	1:22:40
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	19th	20 km	1:23:27
			—	50 km	DNF
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	9th	20 km	1:26:23
1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	20 km	1:26:32
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	11th	20 km	1:24:43
	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	20 km	1:26:24 A
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	20 km	1:21:49.9
1995	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	20,000 m	1:31:03.9
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th	20 km	1:24:34
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	20 km	1:26:54
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	—	20 km	DNF
			16th	50 km	3:54:57
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	20,000 m	1:23:06.73 CR
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	17th	50 km	3:59:33
	Bolivarian Games	Arequipa, Perú	2nd	20 km	1:29:51 A
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	20 km	1:27:21
	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	50 km	4:27:13 A

References

• Héctor Moreno profile at IAAF
• sports-reference