MONTANA Jose

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNF

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2015	Beijing, CHN	22nd (1:23:53)
2013	Moscow, RUS	16th (1:23:50)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Lima, PER	7th (1:23:23)

South American Race Walking Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	20km Race Walk	2020	Lima, PER	1:27:40

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2017	50km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lima, PER	3:58:28
12	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:18

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

Athlete, Student

Electrical Engineering - Antonio Narino University, Bogota, COL

Spanish

His sister Natalia has competed in athletics at the South American School Games. (coc.org.co, 09 Mar 2020)

A muscle injury forced him to abandon the 50km race walk at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after 30 kilometres. (eltiempo.com, 23 Feb 2018)

He took up race walking at age 13 in Bogota, Colombia. (Nicolas Bello YouTube channel, 26 Nov 2015)

He comes from a sporting family. His father first signed him up for a football academy, but later Montana met athletics coach Carlos Garavito, who encouraged him to take up the sport. "It was just a hobby at first, but it drew my attention when I saw people training seriously. I was very motivated to continue after the first time I went to Europe for a competition, which took place in Russia when I was 16. The best part of athletics is having a different lifestyle. It has improved the quality of my life and my family as well." (dxtcapital.com, 03 Jun 2016; Nicolas Bello YouTube channel, 26 Nov 2015; Win Sports TV Facebook page, 13 Feb 2020; coc.org.co, 09 Mar 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (coc.org.co, 09 Mar 2020)