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Mayra Herrera

Mayra Carolina Herrera Pérez (born 20 December 1988 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan race walker.[1][2] She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][1][4]

Mayra Herrera
Personal information
Full nameMayra Carolina Herrera Pérez
Born (1988-12-20) December 20, 1988 (age 35)
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Guatemala
EventRace walking
Updated on 6 January 2015.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Personal bests edit

Road walk edit

  • 10 km: 45:47 min –   London, 11 Aug 2012
  • 20 km: 1:30:41 hrs –   Taicang, 3 May 2014

Achievements edit

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the   Guatemala
2003 Central American Youth Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 4000 m track walk 21:15.40
2004 Central American Youth Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 4000 m track walk 22:28.18
2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Junior Lima, Perú 12th 10 km 51:23
5th Team (10 km Junior) 25 pts
Central American Junior Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st 5000 m track walk 26:18.35
2007 Central American Race Walking Cup - Junior Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st 10 km 54:52
Central American Junior Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10,000 m track walk 53:31.75
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 25th 20 km 1:34:46
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 46th 20 km 1:35:33
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 14th 20 km 1:30:59
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Perú 8th 20 km 1:40:05
2014 South American Race Walking Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 5th[5] 20 km 1:39:01
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 28th 20 km 1:30:41
8th Team (20 km) 104 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 5th 20 km 1:40:51 A
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 12th 20 km 1:38:53
2nd Team (20 km) 21 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 39th 20 km 1:39:23

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sports Reference profile
  2. ^ Mayra Herrera - Una atleta con futuro (in Spanish), Nuestro Diario, archived from the original on May 20, 2014, retrieved May 20, 2014
  3. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Mayra Herrera tras clasificar a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos: "Trabajé la mente, más que el cuerpo" – Prensa Libre" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  5. ^ Competing as guest

External links edit

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