Éider Arévalo

Éider Arévalo
	Arévalo in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Éider Orlando Arévalo Truque
Nationality	Colombian
Born	9 March 1993 (age 33); Pitalito, Colombia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Club	Liga de Bogotá
Coached by	Luis Fernando López
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5,000 m walk: 21:47.14 (2009); 10,000 m walk: 39:36.80 NR (2025); 20,000 m walk: 1:22:11.1 (2014); 10 km walk: 40:11 (2014); 20 km walk: 1:18:53 NR (2017); 35 km walk: 2:25:21 NR (2022); Half marathon walk: 1:23:59 NR (2026);
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Men's athletics
Senior level
U20 level
Senior level
World Championships
Pan American Championships
Pan American Cup
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
South American Championships
Bolivarian Games
U20 level
World U20 Championships
World Team Championships (U20)
Pan American U20 Championships
Pan American Cup (U20)
South American U20 Championships
South American U18 Championships
South American Race Walking Championships

Éider Orlando Arévalo Truque (born 9 March 1993) is a Colombian race walker.

He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 20th. He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Track walk
5,000 m	21:47.14 min A	Puebla, Mexico	25 October 2009
10,000 m	39:36.80 min NR	Armenia, Colombia	2 August 2025
20,000 m	1:22:11.1 hrs (ht)	Santiago, Chile	15 March 2014
Road walk
10 km	40:11 min	Valley Cottage, United States	14 September 2014
20 km	1:18:53 hrs NR	London, United Kingdom	13 August 2017
35 km	2:25:21 hrs NR	Eugene, United States	24 July 2022
Half marathon walk	1:23:59 hrs NR	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	8 May 2026

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
2010	South American Race Walking Championships (U18)	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	10 km walk	43:35
	World Team Championships (U20)	Chihuahua, Mexico	1st	10 km walk	42:13
	World Team Championships (U20)	Chihuahua, Mexico	3rd	10 km walk (team)	9 pts
	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	N/a	10,000 m walk	DQ
	South American U18 Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	10,000 m walk	40:27.95 CR
2011	Pan American Cup (U20)	Envigado, Colombia	1st	10 km walk	40:40
	Pan American Cup (U20)	Envigado, Colombia	1st	10 km walk (team)	3 Pts
	Pan American U20 Championships	Miramar, United States	1st	10,000 m walk	41:29.81
	South American U20 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	10,000 m track walk	39:56.01 CR, NU20R
2012	South American Race Walking Championships (U20)	Salinas, Ecuador	1st	10 km walk	43:24
	South American Race Walking Championships (U20)	Salinas, Ecuador	1st	10 km walk (team)	3 pts
	World Team Championships (U20)	Saransk, Russia	1st	10 km walk	41:17
	World Team Championships (U20)	Saransk, Russia	2nd	10 km walk (team)	10 pts
	World U20 Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	10,000 m walk	40:09.74 WU20L
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th	20 km walk	1:22:00
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	20,000 m walk	1:24:36.23
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	N/a	20 km walk	DNF
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	20,000 m walk	1:22:11.1 GR
	World Team Championships	Taicang, China	N/a	20 km walk	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	2nd	20 km walk	1:26:03 A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	20 km walk	1:25:50
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	20 km walk	1:21:13
2016	World Team Championships	Rome, Italy	N/a	20 km walk	DNF
	World Team Championships	Rome, Italy	13th	20 km walk (team)	154 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	15th	20 km walk	1:21:36
2017	Pan American Cup	Lima, Peru	1st	20 km walk	1:21:01
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	1st	20 km walk	1:18:53 NR
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	3rd	20 km walk	1:27:47
2018	World Team Championships	Taicang, China	12th	20 km walk	1:23:46
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	20 km walk	1:26:42
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	N/a	20,000 m walk	DNF
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	N/a	20 km walk	DNF
2021	Pan American Cup	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	20 km walk	1:21:37
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	18th	20 km walk	1:24:10
2022	World Team Championships	Muscat, Oman	N/a	20 km walk	DNF
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	22nd	20 km walk	1:24:32
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	8th	35 km walk	2:25:21 NR
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	4th	20 km walk	1:27:00
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	26th	20 km walk	1:21:55
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	N/a	35 km walk	DNF
2025	Bolivarian Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	Half marathon walk	1:26:39 NR
2026	World Team Championships	Brasília, Brazil	18th	Half marathon walk	1:30:16
	World Team Championships	Brasília, Brazil	9th	Half marathon walk (team)	112 pts
	Pan American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	Half marathon walk	1:28:24
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	Half marathon walk	1:31:28

References

↑ "Éider Arévalo Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
↑ "Eider Arevalo". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
↑ "Men's 20km Race Walk Results". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "A un mes de Tokio 2021, Colombia completa 55 clasificados" (in Spanish). 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

External links

Éider Arévalo at World Athletics
Éider Arévalo at Olympics.com
Éider Arévalo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Tilastopaja biography

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[1] "Éider Arévalo Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[2] "Eider Arevalo". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-09-13.

[3] "Men's 20km Race Walk Results". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[4] "A un mes de Tokio 2021, Colombia completa 55 clasificados" (in Spanish). 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's 20 km walk
1966: 10 km walk (track) 1970 – present: 20 km walk (road)
1966: José Pedraza (MEX) 1970: Eladio Campos (MEX) 1974: Raúl González (MEX) 1978: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1982 – 1990: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1993 – 1998: Daniel García (MEX) 2002: Alejandro López (MEX) 2006: Luis Fernando López (COL) 2010: Eder Sánchez (MEX) 2014: Horacio Nava (MEX) 2018: Éider Arévalo (COL) 2023: José Luis Doctor (MEX)