Cristian Berdeja

Cristián Berdeja

Personal information
Full name	Cristián David Berdeja Villavicencio
Born	(1981-06-21) June 21, 1981 Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, Mexico
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking
Medal record Race Walking Representing Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 50 km 2014 Veracruz 50 km
Updated on 24 December 2014.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Berdeja and the second or maternal family name is Villavicencio.

Cristian David Berdeja Villavicencio (born June 21, 1981 in Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero) is a male race walker from Mexico. He was Junior World Champion, Junior Panamerican Champion and Junior Central American Champion.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Road walk
10 km	39:01 min	Krakow	1 Jun 2002
20 km	1:19:22 hrs	Cixi	23 Apr 2005
50 km	3:50:16 hrs A	Arica	10 May 2015
Track walk
10,000 m	39:40.17 min A	Monterrey	4 Jul 2004
20,000 m	1:24:30.2 hrs (ht)	Huelva	7 Aug 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, Florida, United States	1st	10,000m track walk	44:30.65
2000	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Poza Rica, Veracruz, México	3rd1	20 km	1:23:46
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	10,000m track walk	41:29.66
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	10,000m track walk	40:56.47
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	9th	20 km	1:26:59
2002	NACAC Under-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	1st	20,000m walk	1:32:20
	World Race Walking Cup	Torino, Italy	–	20 km	-
2003	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Chula Vista, California, United States	2nd	20 km	1:24:17
			3rd	Team (20km)	23 pts
	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	–	20 km	DQ
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	20,000m track walk	1:24:30.2 (ht)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	20 km	DQ
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	–	20 km	DQ
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	–	20 km	DQ
			8th	Team (20km)	94 pts
2007	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Balneário Camboriú, Brazil	4th	20 km	1:26:07
			2nd	Team (20km)	23 pts
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	20 km	DQ
2009	Pan American Race Walking Cup	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	50 km	3:58:46
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, México	7th	50 km	3:56:26
			2nd	Team (50km)	22 pts
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	50 km	4:32:50
2011	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Envigado, Colombia	1st	50 km	3:59:14
			2nd	Team (50km)	15 pts
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	43rd	50 km	4:06:55
			4th	Team (50km)	49 pts
2013	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	5th	50 km	4:07:14 A
			1st	Team (50km)	12 pts
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd	50 km	3:53:39 A
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	2nd	50km	3:50:16
			1st	Team (50km)	7 pts

¹: Competing out of competition.

External links

• Cristian Berdeja profile at IAAF