Edward Araya
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2013 World Championships in Moscow
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Full name | Edward Ignacio Araya Cortés |
Born | Antofagasta, Chile |
February 14, 1986
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
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Country | Chile |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Racewalking |
Updated on 13 May 2015. |
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Edward Ignacio Araya Cortés (born 14 February 1986 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean race walker.[1] He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] His personal best of 4:00:31 hours for the 50 kilometres walk is the Chilean record for the event.[3]
He represented his country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and has twice competed at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup (2010 and 2012).[4] He entered the 2011 Pan American Games but was disqualified in the competition.[5] He has raced at the South American Race Walking Championships on four occasions (2004, 2004, 2008, 2010) but has not won a medal there.
He has a twin brother, Yerko, who is also a racewalker.
Competition record
References
- ↑ Sports Reference profile
- ↑ London 2012 profile
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- ↑ Edward Araya. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Antofagasta
- Chilean racewalkers
- Male racewalkers
- Chilean male athletes
- Olympic athletes of Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Chile
- Twin sportspeople