Bernardo_Segura

Bernardo Segura

Medal record

Men’s Athletics

Competitor for Mexico

Olympic Games

Bronze 1996 20 km walk

Bernardo Segura (born February 11, 1970 in San Mateo Atenco) is a Mexican race walker. He currently holds the 20,000m World Record for Race Walking with a time of 1:17:25.6.

Segura is an athlete with a technique little purified for which he receives frequent notices and condemnations. He was disqualified in the World Championships in 1993 and 1995. In the 2000 Olympic Games, Segura finished first the 20km walk. However, he resulted disqualified by the judges while he was being congratulated by then president Ernesto Zedillo.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	3rd	20 km
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	DSQ	20 km
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	20 km
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	20 km
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	1st	20 km
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	20 km

External links

IAAF profile for Bernardo Segura

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jefferson Pérez	Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup Winner 1999	Succeeded by Jefferson Pérez

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