Manuel Esteban Soto

Daisuke Matsunaga
Personal information
Nationality Colombian
Born (1994-01-28) January 28, 1994
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Men's athletics
Event(s) 20 kilometres race walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 20 km walk: 1:20:36 (2016)

Manuel Esteban Soto (born 28 January 1994) is a Colombian male racewalking athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

He failed to finish in his international debut at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics but took a bronze medal at the South American Race Walking Championships in 2012. A succession of age category gold medals followed at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup and the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.

He made his senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup, sharing in the team silver medal. He gained selection for Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished with a personal best of 1:20:36 minutes for the 20 km walk in ninth place.[1]

Personal bests

All information from All-Athletics.[2]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France — 10,000 m walk DNF
2012 South American Race Walking Championships Salinas, Ecuador 3rd 10 km walk (junior) 43:43
1st Junior team 3 pts
World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 39th 10 km walk (junior) 45:24
2nd Junior team 10 pts
2013 South American Junior Championships Resistencia, Argentina 1st 10 km walk 41:55.95
Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 10 km walk 41:18.6
1st Junior team 7 pts
2014 South American U23 Championships Montevideo, Uruguay 1st 20,000 m walk 1:23:22.7 CR
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 14th 20 km walk 1:26:27
2nd Team 23 pts
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9th 20 km walk 1:20:36

References

  1. 1 2 3 Manuel Esteban Soto. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  2. ↑ Manuel Esteban Soto. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.

External links

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