José Leyver Ojeda

José Leyver Ojeda
Personal information
Full nameJosé Leyver Ojeda Blas
Born (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985
Mundo Nuevo, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportAthletics
Event
Race walking
Medal record
Men's Race walking
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara50 km
Updated on 15 May 2014

José Leyver Ojeda Blas (born 12 November 1985)[2] is a Mexican race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

In 2021, he represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he placed 15th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best.[4]

Personal bests

Track walk

  • 20,000 m: 1:30:15.60 hrs – Monterrey, Mexico, 22 June 2008

Road walk

  • 20 km: 1:22:30 hrs – Rio Maior, Portugal, 9 April 2011
  • 50 km: 3:49:16 hrs – Guadalajara, Mexico, 29 October 2011

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Mexico
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 19th 50 km 4:05:23
2nd Team (50 km) 22 pts
2011 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, Mexico 1st 50 km 3:52:33
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 19th 50 km 3:55:37
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 50 km 3:49:16
2012 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, Mexico 3rd 50 km 3:51:30
World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 16th 50 km 3:53:38
4th Team (50 km) 49 pts
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th 50 km 3:55:00
2014 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, Mexico 1st 50 km 3:50:42
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 19th 50 km 3:52:20
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 4th 50 km 3:55:04
1st Team (50 km) 7 pts
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 15th 50 km 3:56:53

References

  1. ↑ "Veracruzano está en Tokio con el deseo de ganar en marcha".
  2. ↑ "José Leyver Ojeda esperanza veracruzana en marcha olímpica" (in Spanish). El Universal Veracruz. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-07.