Mayra Herrera

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Mayra Herrera
Personal information
Full nameMayra Carolina Herrera Pérez
Born (1988-12-20) December 20, 1988 (age 33)
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Guatemala
Event(s)Race walking
Updated on 6 January 2015.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Mayra Carolina Herrera Pérez (born 20 December 1988 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan race walker.[1][2] She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Olympics.[3][1]

She has qualified to represent Guatemala at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Personal bests[]

Road walk[]

  • 10 km: 45:47 min – United Kingdom London, 11 Aug 2012
  • 20 km: 1:30:41 hrs – China Taicang, 3 May 2014

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Guatemala
2003 Central American Youth Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 4000 m track walk 21:15.40
2004 Central American Youth Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 4000 m track walk 22:28.18
2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Junior Lima, Perú 12th 10 km 51:23
5th Team (10 km Junior) 25 pts
Central American Junior Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st 5000 m track walk 26:18.35
2007 Central American Race Walking Cup - Junior Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st 10 km 54:52
Central American Junior Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10,000 m track walk 53:31.75
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 25th 20 km 1:34:46
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 46th 20 km 1:35:33
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 14th 20 km 1:30:59
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Perú 8th 20 km 1:40:05
2014 South American Race Walking Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 5th[5] 20 km 1:39:01
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 28th 20 km 1:30:41
8th Team (20 km) 104 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 5th 20 km 1:40:51 A
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 12th 20 km 1:38:53
2nd Team (20 km) 21 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 39th 20 km 1:39:23

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sports Reference profile
  2. ^ Mayra Herrera - Una atleta con futuro (in Spanish), Nuestro Diario, archived from the original on May 20, 2014, retrieved May 20, 2014
  3. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Mayra Herrera tras clasificar a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos: "Trabajé la mente, más que el cuerpo" – Prensa Libre" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  5. ^ Competing as guest

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