Cristhian Pacheco
Personal information
Full nameCristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza
NationalityPeruvian
Born (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993
Huancayo, Peru
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventMarathon
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaMarathon
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoMarathon

Cristhian Simeon Pacheco Mendoza (born 26 May 1993) is a Peruvian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

Running career

Pacheco competed in the men's marathon at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

He won the Marathon at the 2019 Pan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru. This race set a new Pan American Games record with a time of 2:09.31. It was also the Peruvian national record.

On February 19th, 2023 he placed 11th in the Valencia Marathon in a time 2:07:38 breaking his own personal best, and the national record, by nearly 2 minutes.[2]

Statistics

Information from World Athletics profile.[3]

Personal bests

Surface Event Time Venue Date Notes
Outdoor track 10,000m 28:56.88 Portland, OR June 10th, 2022
Road Half Marathon 1:02:50 Lima, PER May 1st, 2022
Marathon 2:07:38 Sevilla, ESP February 19th, 2023 NR

International Competition Results

Year Meet Location Event Place Time
2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark Half Marathon 85th 1:06:07
South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru 10,000m 2nd 30:18.24
2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marathon 52nd 2:18:41
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 10,000m DNF
2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia, Spain Half Marathon 50th 1:03:15
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru Marathon 1st 2:09:31
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan Marathon 59th 2:22:12

Personal life

He is a younger brother of Raúl Pacheco, also a marathoner.

References

  1. ↑ "Cristhian Pacheco". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Size, Xiomara (19 February 2023). "Cristhian Pacheco breaks national record and qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". infobae. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Christian Pacheco". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2023.


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