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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| Full name | Allan Francisco Segura Medina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1980 Curridabat, San José, Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal bests edit
Track walk edit
- 20,000 m: 1:25:06.83 hrs –
San José, 26 June 2011
Road walk edit
- 20 km: 1:23:12 hrs –
Cheboksary, 10 May 2008 - 50 km: 4:25:15 hrs –
Chihuahua, 22 February 2014
Achievements edit
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Men's 20km Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Irregular mark: Short course
External links edit
- Profile – CON-CRC (in Spanish)
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Allan Segura at World Athletics
- 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 2020-04-18.
