Raúl Pacheco

Raúl Pacheco

Pacheco in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Personal information
Born (1979-04-26) April 26, 1979
Santa Fe de Jauja
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country  Peru
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon

Raúl Manuel Pacheco Mendoza is a Peruvian long-distance runner.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's marathon, finishing in 21st place. Raul Pacheco obtained the 6th place at the Rotterdam Marathon (2:11:01) in 2015, which allowed him to set a new national record and also qualified him for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.[1] In July, 2015 he finished second in the Toronto Pan American Games with a time of 2:17:13 h, winning the first medal for Peru in a marathon of the Pan American games. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Peru athletes Ines Melchor and Raul Pacheco to run for gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games"
  2. ↑ "Raúl Pacheco won silver medal in PanAmerican Marathon"


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