Omar Zepeda

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.

Omar Zepeda

Omar Zepeda in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Omar Zepeda de Léon
Born	(1977-06-08) June 8, 1977 (age 48) San Mateo Atenco, Mexico
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Medal record Men's Racewalking Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 50 km
Updated on 24 December 2014

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zepeda and the second or maternal family name is de Léon.

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]

Personal bests

Track walk

• 10,000 m: 40:26.68 min – Monterrey, 4 July 2004
• 20,000 m: 1:27:57.5 hrs (ht) – Bergen, 3 May 1997

Road walk

• 20 km: 1:21:59 min – Poděbrady, 19 April 1997
• 50 km: 3:47:35 hrs – Taicang, 3 May 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Mexico
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	35th	20 km	1:21:59
			3rd	Team (20 km)	403 pts
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	18th	20 km	1:25:38
2000	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Poza Rica, México	—	50 km	DNF
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	—	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	—	50 km	DNF
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Cuenca, Ecuador	—	50 km	DSQ
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	—	50 km	DNF
2003	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Tijuana, México	—	50 km	DNF
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	—	50 km	DSQ
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	50 km	3:49:01
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	—	50 km	DSQ
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	50 km	3:56:04
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DSQ
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	23rd	50 km	3:56:52
			2nd	Team (50 km)	29 pts
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	50 km	DSQ
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	13th	50 km	3:59:39
			2nd	Team (50 km)	22 pts
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21st	50 km	3:56:41
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	33rd	50 km	4:03:35
			4th	Team (50 km)	49 pts
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	22nd	50 km	3:49:14
2013	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	50 km	3:57:52
			1st	Team (50 km)	12 pts
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	19th	50 km	3:50:43
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	7th	50 km	3:47:35
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	50 km	3:52:45 A
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	7th	50 km	3:58:44
			1st	Team (50 km)	7 pts