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César Rodríguez (racewalker)

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César Rodríguez
Personal information
Full nameCésar Augusto Rodríguez Diburga
Born (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 27)
Huancayo, Peru
Sport
SportMen's athletics
EventRacewalking

César Augusto Rodríguez Diburga[a] (born 26 June 1997) is a Peruvian racewalking athlete. He represented Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Career

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In February 2014, Rodríguez represented Peru at the 2014 South American Race Walking Championships in the youth 10 kilometres walk and won a silver medal.[1] In August 2014, he represented Peru at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[2] He competed in the 10 kilometre walk and finished in fourth place with a time of 42:26.49.[1] He then won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in the 10 kilometres walk.[3]

Rodríguez represented Peru at the 2018 South American Games in the 20 kilometers walk and finished with a time of 1:26:23 to win a silver medal.[4]

He represented Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 21st place.[1][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Diburga.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "César Augusto Rodríguez". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers - Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "César Rodríguez da primera medalla de oro al Perú en Panamericano de Atletismo". Andina (in Spanish). 2 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "César Augusto Rodríguez". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Athletics – Men's 20km Race Walk – Final – Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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