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David Hurtado

Personal information
Full name	Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa
Born	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 25) Quito, Ecuador
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Medal record Representing  Ecuador Men's athletics Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 20 km walk World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 10,000 m walk Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali-Valle 20,000 m walk

Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa (born 21 April 1999) is an Ecuadorian racewalking athlete. He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Early life

Hurtado began racewalking at age 12 at school in Pichincha, Ecuador when his teacher introduced him to the sport. He was also inspired after watching Ecuadorian Olympic medal-winning racewalker Jefferson Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the 2017 Ecuadorian Race Walking Championships, Hurtado set the South American under-20 and under-23 record for the 10 kilometres race walk with a time of 39:41.

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 10,000 metres walk and won a silver medal. He finished six thousandths of a second behind gold medal winner Yao Zhang.

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2019 South American Championships in the 20,000 meters walk and won a silver medal.

He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 19th place.

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hurtado and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.

References

1. ^ "Silver in Tampere felt like – and nearly was – gold for Hurtado". worldathletics.org. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
2. ^ "David Hurtado". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
3. "David Hurtado". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
4. "Athletics – Men's 20km Race Walk – Final – Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

External links

• David Hurtado at World Athletics
• David Hurtado at Olympics.com
• David Hurtado at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• David Hurtado at Olympedia (archive)

v t e 2024 Ecuador Summer Olympics team
Athletics	Magaly Bonilla Juan José Caicedo Maribel Caicedo Nicole Caicedo Rosa Chacha Mary Granja David Hurtado Jordy Jiménez Glenda Morejón Aimara Nazareno Silvia Ortiz Brian Pintado Anahí Suárez Ángela Tenorio Paula Torres
Boxing	Gerlon Congo María José Palacios José Rodríguez Tenorio
Cycling	Alfredo Campo Jhonatan Narváez
Equestrian	Julio Mendoza Loor Nicolas Wettstein Ronald Zabala-Goetschel
Judo	Vanessa Chalá
Modern pentathlon	Andrés Torres Sol Naranjo
Shooting	Andrea Pérez Peña Diana Durango
Swimming	Anicka Delgado David Farinango Tomás Peribonio
Table tennis	Alberto Miño
Triathlon	Elizabeth Bravo
Weightlifting	Neisi Dajomes Angie Palacios Lisseth Ayoví
Wrestling	Andrés Montaño Luisa Valverde Lucía Yépez
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