José Leyver Ojeda

José Leyver Ojeda Blas (born 12 November 1985)[2] is a Mexican race walker.[3][4][5] He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

José Leyver Ojeda
Personal information
Full nameJosé Leyver Ojeda Blas
Born (1985-11-12) November 12, 1985
Mundo Nuevo, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
Medal record
Men's Racewalking
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara 50 km
Updated on 15 May 2014.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ojeda and the second or maternal family name is Blas.

In 2021, he represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he placed 15th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best.[7]

Personal bests

Track walk
  • 20,000 m: 1:30:15.60 hrs – Mexico Monterrey, 22 June 2008

Road walk
  • 20 km: 1:22:30 hrs – Portugal Rio Maior, 9 April 2011
  • 50 km: 3:49:16 hrs – Mexico Guadalajara, 29 October 2011

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Mexico
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 19th 50 km 4:05:23
2nd Team (50 km) 22 pts
2011 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, México 1st 50 km 3:52:33
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 19th 50 km 3:55:37
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 2nd 50 km 3:49:16
2012 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, México 3rd 50 km 3:51:30
World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 16th 50 km 3:53:38
4th Team (50 km) 49 pts
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th 50 km 3:55:00
2014 World Race Walking Challenge Chihuahua, México 1st 50 km 3:50:42
World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 19th 50 km 3:52:20
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 4th 50 km 3:55:04
1st Team (50 km) 7 pts
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 15th 50 km 3:56:53

References
  1. "Veracruzano está en Tokio con el deseo de ganar en marcha".
  2. José Leyver Ojeda esperanza veracruzana en marcha olímpica (in Spanish), El Universal Veracruz, retrieved May 16, 2014
  3. Sports Reference profile
  4. Biografía - OJEDA Jose Leyver (in Spanish), archived from the original on January 1, 2012, retrieved May 16, 2014
  5. Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (20 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - José Leyver Blas Ojeda, Nanchital de Lazaro Cárdenas, VER, 12-nov-85 (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2015, retrieved May 14, 2015
  6. London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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