Horacio Nava

Nava in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Horacio Nava Meza
Born	(1982-01-20) 20 January 1982 (age 44) Chihuahua, Mexico
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Race walking
Event	50 km race walk
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 50 km walk 2007 Rio de Janeiro 50 km walk 2019 Lima 50 km walk 2015 Toronto 50 km walk
Updated on 17 May 2015

Horacio Nava Meza (born January 20, 1982) is a Mexican race walker. He represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2013). He was the runner-up over 50 km at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He won gold medals over that distance at the 2010 CAC Games and the 2011 Pan American Games.^[1]

He was third over 20 km at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge meet held in his native Chihuahua.^[2]

He has qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Personal bests

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Mexico
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	10,000 m track walk	44:41.89
2001	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	10,000 m track walk	43:33.92
2003	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Tijuana, Mexico	–	50 km	DNF
	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	8th	20 km	1:26:24
2004	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	1st	20,000 m walk	1:33:29
2005	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lima, Peru	2nd	50 km	3:59:26 A
			1st	Team (50 km)	6 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	50 km	3:53:57
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	7th	50 km	3:48:22
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	50 km	3:52.35
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th	50 km	3:58:17
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	5th	50 km	3:47:55
			2nd	Team (50 km)	29 pts
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	50 km	3:45:21
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th	50 km	3:56:26
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	2nd	50 km	3:54:16
			2nd	Team (50 km)	22 pts
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	50 km	3:56:45
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	20th	20 km	1:24:15
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	50 km	3:48:58
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	11th	50 km	3:51:23
			4th	Team (50 km)	49 pts
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	15th	50 km	3:46:59
2013	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	50 km	3:58:00 A
			1st	Team (50 km)	12 pts
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	32nd	50 km	3:58:09
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	20 km	1:25:05 A
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	1st	50 km	3:45:41
			1st	Team (50 km)	7 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	28th	20 km walk	1:24:40

References

External links

• Horació Nava at World Athletics
• Horacio Nava at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Horacio Nava at Olympics.com

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