Éider Arévalo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arévalo and the second or maternal family name is Truque.

Éider Orlando Arévalo Truque (born 9 March 1993) is a Colombian racewalker.^[2]

Éider Arévalo

Éider Arévalo in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Éider Orlando Arévalo Truque
Nationality	Colombian
Born	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32) Pitalito, Colombia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Club	Liga de Bogotá
Coached by	Luis Fernando López
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	[1] 5,000 m walk: 21:47.14 (2009) 10,000 m walk: 39:36.80 NR (2025) 20,000 m walk: 1:22:11.1 (2014) 10 km walk: 40:11 (2014) 20 km walk: 1:18:53 NR (2017) 35 km walk: 2:25:21 NR (2022)
Medal record Representing  Colombia Men's athletics Senior level Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 1 0 0 South American Games 1 0 0 Total 2 0 0 U20 level Event 1st 2nd 3rd World U20 Championships 1 0 0 World Team Championships (U20) 2 1 1 Pan American U20 Championships 1 0 0 Pan American Cup (U20) 2 0 0 South American U20 Championships 1 0 0 South American U18 Championships 1 0 0 South American Race Walking Championships 3 0 0 Total 11 1 1 Senior level World Championships 2017 London 20 km walk South American Games 2014 Santiago 20,000 m walk U20 level World U20 Championships 2012 Barcelona 10,000 m walk World Team Championships (U20) 2010 Chihuahua 10 km walk 2012 Saransk 10 km walk 2012 Saransk 10 km walk (team) 2010 Chihuahua 10 km walk (team) Pan American U20 Championships 2011 Miramar 10,000 m walk Pan American Cup (U20) 2011 Envigado 10 km walk 2011 Envigado 10 km walk (team) South American U20 Championships 2011 Medellín 10,000 m walk South American U18 Championships 2010 Santiago 10,000 m walk South American Race Walking Championships 2010 Cochabamba 10 km walk (U18) 2012 Salinas 10 km walk (U20) 2012 Salinas 10 km walk (team U20)

He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 20th.^[3] He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Track walk
5,000 m	21:47.14 min A	Puebla	25 October 2009
10,000 m	39:36.80 min NR	Armenia	2 August 2025
20,000 m	1:22:11.1 hrs (ht)	Santiago	15 March 2014
Road walk
10 km	40:11 min	Valley Cottage, NY	14 September 2014
20 km	1:18:53 hrs NR	London	13 August 2017
35 km	2:25:21 hrs NR	Eugene, OR	24 July 2022

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2010	South American Race Walking Championships (U18)	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	10 km walk	43:35 min
	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Chihuahua, México	1st	10 km walk	42:13
	Summer Youth Olympics	Singapore, Singapore	–	10,000 m track walk	DSQ
	South American Youth Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	10000 m track walk	40:27.95 min CR
2011	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Envigado, Colombia	1st	10 km walk	40:40 min
	Pan American Junior Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	1st	10,000 m track walk	41:29.81
	South American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	10,000 m track walk	39:56.01 A
2012	South American Race Walking Championships (U20)	Salinas, Ecuador	1st	10 km walk	43:24.1 min
	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Saransk, Russia	1st	10 km road walk	41:17
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	10,000 m track walk	40:09.74
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th	20 km road walk	1:22:00
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	20,000 m track walk	1:24:36.23
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	–	20 km road walk	DNF
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	20,000 m track walk	1:22:11.1 hrs (ht)
	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	–	20 km road walk	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	20 km road walk	1:26:03 A
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	20 km road walk	1:21:13
2017	World Championships	London, Great Britain	1st	20 km road walk	1:18:53
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	3rd	20 km road walk	1:27:47
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	–	20,000 m track walk	DNF