PACHECO Juan

Mexico

Athletics

Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TORREON

Birth Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Marathon	65

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's Marathon Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Marathon
2019	Lima, PER	3rd (2:12:10)

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
12	Half Marathon Team	2020	Gdynia, POL	3:07.06
30	Half Marathon	2020	Gdynia, POL	1:01:20

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Watching television, reading history books, listening to music, playing video games. (medium.com, 24 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

East Central University, Ada, OK, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club name:

Gondi MX Team [Mexico]

Coach:

Enrique Hernandez [club]

Start:

He took up athletics in 2005 in Torreon, Mexico. He began marathon training in 2017. (magzter.com, 01 Sep 2019; playersoflife.com, 17 Apr 2020)

Reason:

His grandfather signed him up for races. "He enrolled me in races without having any sort of training. Then he realised I had talent, because I finished among the best. He then encouraged my mother to sign me up to an athletics school." His coach Enrique Hernandez encouraged him to take up marathon running. (playersoflife.com, 17 Apr 2020)

Ambition:

To finish in the top 10 of the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (magzter.com, 01 Sep 2019; Correr sin Fronteras Facebook page, 31 Jan 2020)

Training:

He trains in the Desierto de los Leones National Park near Mexico City, Mexico. (medium.com, 24 Aug 2019)

Memorable:

Winning bronze in the marathon at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (playersoflife.com, 17 Apr 2020)

Hero:

Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie. (magzter.com, 01 Sep 2019)

Influence:

His parents, and coach Enrique Hernandez. (medium.com, 24 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"I train with so much discipline and I am 100% focused on athletics. This is my lifestyle." (magzter.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
US STINT
In 2011 he was offered a scholarship to go to the United States of America to study at Colby Community College in Kansas for two years. After the two years he was offered another scholarship, this time in Oklahoma, where he studied criminal justice and competed at East Central University for three years. He returned to Mexico in 2017. "In the last nine months of my stay in the US I realised that this was not what I wanted, because I stopped training and focused on work. I worked as a part-time waiter. After finishing my studies I wanted to compete at an elite level, so I saved some money and returned to Mexico." (playersoflife.com, 17 Apr 2020; El Heraldo de Mexico YouTube channel, 04 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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