Allan_Segura

Allan Segura

Allan Segura

Costa Rican race walker

Allan Francisco Segura Medina (born December 23, 1980)[1] is a Costa Rican race walker.[2] He represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[3][4] He competed in the men's 20 km race walk, where he finished in thirty-ninth place, with a time of 1:27:10.[5] Segura achieved his best result in race walking, when he finished thirty-second at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia, with the fastest possible time of 1:23:12.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Segura and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

Personal bests

Track walk

  • 20,000 m: 1:25:06.83 hrs – Costa Rica San José, 26 June 2011

Road walk

  • 20 km: 1:23:12 hrs – Russia Cheboksary, 10 May 2008
  • 50 km: 4:25:15 hrs – Mexico Chihuahua, 22 February 2014

Achievements

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References

  1. [1]
    Gutiérrez, Fernando (2 March 2009), Campeonato Nacional de Marcha - Allan gana competencia, pero no pudo vencerse a sí mismo - Segura cruzó la meta de primero, pero no pudo bajar su propio tiempo - Gripe y falta de contrincantes que lo presionaran fueron escollos para el atleta (in Spanish), La Nación, retrieved May 17, 2014
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allan Segura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. [3]
    Fonseca Hidalgo, Francisco (9 July 2008). "Allan Segura el Abanderado" [Allan Segura, the flag bearer] (in Spanish). Diario Extra. Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Men's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  6. [6]
    Irregular mark: Short course
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