José Leyver Ojeda Blas (born 12 November 1985)[2] is a Mexican race walker.[3][4][5] He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
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| Full name | José Leyver Ojeda Blas | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 12, 1985 Mundo Nuevo, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Race walking | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2021, he represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he placed 15th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best.[7]
Personal bests edit
Track walk edit
- 20,000 m: 1:30:15.60 hrs –
Monterrey, 22 June 2008
Road walk edit
- 20 km: 1:22:30 hrs –
Rio Maior, 9 April 2011 - 50 km: 3:49:16 hrs – Guadalajara, 29 October 2011
Achievements edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing the Mexico
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| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, México | 19th | 50 km | 4:05:23 |
| 2nd | Team (50 km) | 22 pts | |||
| 2011 | World Race Walking Challenge | Chihuahua, México | 1st | 50 km | 3:52:33 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 19th | 50 km | 3:55:37 | |
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 2nd | 50 km | 3:49:16 | |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Challenge | Chihuahua, México | 3rd | 50 km | 3:51:30 |
| World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 16th | 50 km | 3:53:38 | |
| 4th | Team (50 km) | 49 pts | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 27th | 50 km | 3:55:00 | |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Challenge | Chihuahua, México | 1st | 50 km | 3:50:42 |
| World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 19th | 50 km | 3:52:20 | |
| 2015 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Arica, Chile | 4th | 50 km | 3:55:04 |
| 1st | Team (50 km) | 7 pts | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | 15th | 50 km | 3:56:53 |
References edit
- ^ "Veracruzano está en Tokio con el deseo de ganar en marcha".
- ^ José Leyver Ojeda esperanza veracruzana en marcha olímpica (in Spanish), El Universal Veracruz, retrieved May 16, 2014
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ Biografía - OJEDA Jose Leyver (in Spanish), archived from the original on January 1, 2012, retrieved May 16, 2014
- ^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (20 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - José Leyver Blas Ojeda, Nanchital de Lazaro Cárdenas, VER, 12-nov-85 (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2015, retrieved May 14, 2015
- ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
