César Rodríguez (racewalker)

César Augusto Rodríguez Diburga (born 26 June 1997) is a Peruvian racewalking athlete. He represented Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Career[edit]

In February 2014, Rodríguez represented Peru at the 2014 South American Race Walking Championships in the youth 10 kilometres walk and won a silver medal.^[1] In August 2014, he represented Peru at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2] He competed in the 10 kilometre walk and finished in fourth place with a time of 42:26.49.^[1] He then won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in the 10 kilometres walk.^[3]

Rodríguez represented Peru at the 2018 South American Games in the 20 kilometers walk and finished with a time of 1:26:23 to win a silver medal.^[4]

He represented Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 21st place.^[1]^[5]

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^ "Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers - Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "César Rodríguez da primera medalla de oro al Perú en Panamericano de Atletismo". Andina (in Spanish). 2 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "César Augusto Rodríguez". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Athletics – Men's 20km Race Walk – Final – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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