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| Full name | Omar Zepeda de Léon | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 8, 1977 San Mateo Atenco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Race walking | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Omar Zepeda de Léon (born 8 July 1977) is a Mexican race walker.[1][2] He finished sixth in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:49:01 hours. He was the bronze medalist in the 50 kilometres walk at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Also he won the team silver medal with Mexico over 50 km at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia. He has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on six occasions and was 21st over 50 km at the 2011 edition. He won the 50 km race at the Chihuahua meeting on the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge tour.[3]
- ^ Omar Zepeda, Eurosport, retrieved May 15, 2014
- ^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (20 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Omar Zepeda de León, Toluca, Estado de MEX, 8-jun-77 (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, retrieved December 24, 2014
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-04). Sanchez and Henriques repeat, Zepeda completes Mexican party in Chihuahua. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.