NAVA Horacio

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CHIHUAHUA

Birth Country:

Mexico

Place of residence : CHIHUAHUA

Residence Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 50km Race Walk	44

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 50km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	13th (3:50:53)
2012	London, GBR	13th (3:46:59)
2008	Beijing, CHN	6th (3:45:21)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk	50km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	-	18th (4:24:16)
2017	London, GBR	-	15th (3:47:53)
2015	Beijing, CHN	28th (1:24:40)	-
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	32nd (3:58:09)
2011	Daegu, KOR	16th (1:24:15)	-
2009	Berlin, GER	-	18th (3:56:26)
2007	Osaka, JPN	-	9th (3:58:17)
2005	Helsinki, FIN	-	9th (3:53:57)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (3:51:45)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	50km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lazaro Cardenas, MEX	3:56:39
3	2017	20km Race Walk	Monterrey	Monterrey, MEX	1:25:06
4	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Ciudad Juarez, MEX	1:22:50
5	2017	20km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lima, PER	1:23:21
6	2018	50km Race Walk	Monterrey	Monterrey, MEX	4:02:28
15	2017	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	3:47:53
18	2019	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	4:24:16
33	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:26:51
40	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:22:41
48	2021	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:25:58

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

Lacho, Pedro Chavez (atletismoenmexico.com, 31 Jul 2008)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Administration Studies - Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico

Wife Monica Jimenez Yanez, daughters Ximena and Valeria

Languages spoken:

Miguel Angel Rodriguez [personal], MEX, from 2012

In 2012 he was troubled by a pubic bone injury. (oem.com.mx, 16 Jan 2013; elsiglodetorreon.com.mx, 14 Nov 2012)

He was inspired to take up race walking by watching Mexican athletes Carlos Mercenario and Miguel Angel Rodriguez, his coach, performing at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. (esto.com.mx, 09 May 2020)

To finish in the top six at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (efe.com, 27 Dec 2020)

He completes up to 200 kilometres per week. (esto.com.mx, 09 May 2020)

In 2021 he received the Teporaca Award for Sports Excellence in the athletics category from the government of the city of Chihuahua, Mexico. (omnia.com.mx, 21 Jan 2021)

He took part in the torch relay ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. His leg of the relay was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (atletismoenmexico.com, 31 Jul 2008)

General Interest

General
HEART SURGERY
In 2005 he was asked to undergo some tests in order to be eligible for a sports grant in Mexico. During the tests he was diagnosed with congenital Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, an anomaly in which the heart does not pump enough blood to the body and forces it to work irregularly. "I didn't realise about the symptoms. I used to shake and sweat but as I experienced them since birth I didn't link them to an anomaly. When I was told about it I realised I had always had those symptoms, but why I was only told about it at that moment? It was complicated to understand that part. The doctor explained to me that the risk might have been to faint or the heart might collapse. The cardiologist said that if I had practised a power discipline such as weightlifting or sprint running it might have been very dangerous as my heart would have collapsed." He underwent surgery immediately and so he could continue with his career. "Why should I undergo surgery and put in risk my career? Adversities like this are tests in order to really know if we are doing what we like the most." (jugadaprefabricada.com, 30 Jun 2020)

GYM PLANS
Once his sporting career is over he wants to open a gym alongside his brother in Chihuahua, Mexico. (marca.com, 29 May 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
He has a master's degree in sports administration. (jugadaprefabricada.com, 30 Jun 2020)

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Legend

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

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