David Hurtado

David Hurtado
Personal information
Full nameAlexander David Hurtado Espinosa
Born (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999
Quito, Ecuador
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Race walking
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Men's athletics
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Muscat20 km walk (team)
Silver medal – second place2026 BrasíliaMarathon walk
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago20 km walk
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place2021 Guayaquil20 km walk
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción20 km walk
South American Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima20,000 m walk
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Tampere10,000 m walk
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Cali-Valle20,000 m walk
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Trujillo10,000 m walk

Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa[a] (born 21 April 1999) is an Ecuadorian racewalking athlete. He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Early life

Hurtado began racewalking at age 12 at school in Pichincha, Ecuador when his teacher introduced him to the sport. He was also inspired after watching Ecuadorian Olympic medal-winning racewalker Jefferson Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

At the 2017 Ecuadorian Race Walking Championships, Hurtado set the South American under-20 and under-23 record for the 10 kilometres race walk with a time of 39:41.[2]

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 10,000 metres walk and won a silver medal. He finished six thousandths of a second behind gold medal winner Yao Zhang.[1]

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2019 South American Championships in the 20,000 meters walk and won a silver medal.[2]

He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 19th place.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hurtado and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.

References

  1. 1 2 "Silver in Tampere felt like – and nearly was – gold for Hurtado". worldathletics.org. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "David Hurtado". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "David Hurtado". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "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 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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