Horacio Nava

Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava in 2013
Personal information
Full nameHoracio Nava Meza
Born (1982-01-20) January 20, 1982 (age 42)
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportRacewalking
Event50 km race walk
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 50 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 50 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 50 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 50 km walk
Updated on 17 May 2015

Horacio Nava Meza (born January 20, 1982, in Chihuahua) is a male race walker from Mexico. 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]

  1. ^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (September 20, 2014). "HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Horacio Nava Reza, Chihuahua, CHIH, 20-ene-82" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (March 4, 2012). "Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Estos son los y las atletas que representarán a México en Tokio 2020". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-18.