Eider Arévalo

Eider Arévalo
Éider Arévalo (2010)
Full name	Eider Orlando Arévalo Truque
nation	Colombia
birthday	9th March 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Pitalito , Colombia
size	165 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	20-kilometer walk
Best performance	1:18:53 h
status	active
Medal table
World championships 1 × 0 × 0 × South American Games 0 × 1 × 0 × South American Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 Pan American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 South American Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships gold London 2017 20 km walk South American Games silver Santiago de Chile 2014 20 km walk South American Championships silver Cartagena 2013 20 km walk  Junior World Championships gold Barcelona 2012 10 km lane walking U20 Pan American Championships gold Miramar 2011 10 km lane walking U18 Pan American Championships gold Medellín 2011 10 km lane walking
last change: May 29, 2020

Éider Orlando Arévalo Truque (born March 9, 1993 in Pitalito , Departamento del Huila ) is a Colombian walker . In 2017 he became world champion over the 20 km distance.

Athletic career

Éider Arévalo first appeared in 2009 at the age of 16 at national youth championships, where he won silver over the 10 km distance in the U18 age group. In 2010 he qualified for the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where he was disqualified in the 10 km race. In 2011 he won the gold medal over 20 km at the U20 Pan American Championships and the U20 South American Championships in his Colombian homeland. In 39: 56.01 min he also set a personal best in Medellín.

In 2012 he won the gold medal in 40: 09.74 minutes at the U20 World Championships in Barcelona. He also took part in races over double the distance for the first time in 2012. Over this double distance, he qualified for the Olympic Games in London at the age of 19 . There he ran in 1:22:00 h on the 20th place. In 2013 he won silver at the South American Championships in Cartagena. At the World Championships in Moscow, he could not finish the race.

In 2014 Arévalo won gold at the South American Games in Santiago de Chile. In 2015 he finished seventh in 1:21:13 h at the World Championships in Beijing. At the Pan American Games in Toronto, he was fifth. In 2016 he took part in the Olympic Games for the second time. There he finished 15th in 1:21:36 h.

In 2017 he achieved his greatest sporting success to date with the world title from London . His winning time of 1:18:53 h meant not only a significant improvement in his personal best, but also a Colombian record. He was subsequently unable to build on that time. At the Pan American Games and the South American Championships 2019 in Lima, he could not finish the races.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Colombia
2010	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore		10km walking	DSQ
2011	U20 Pan American Championships	Miramar	1.	10 km walk	41: 29.81 min
	U20 South American Championships	Medellin	1.	10 km walk	39: 56.01 min
2012	U20 world championships	Barcelona	1.	10 km walk	40: 09.74 min
	Olympic Summer Games	London	20th	20 km walk	1:22:00 h
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena	2.	20 km walk	1:24:36 h
	World championships	Moscow		20 km walk	DNF
2014	South American Games	Santiago de Chile	1.	20 km walk	1:22:11 h
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto	5.	20 km walk	1:25:50 h
	World championships	Beijing	7th	20 km walk	1:21:13 h
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	15th	20 km walk	1:21:37 h
2017	World championships	London	1.	20 km walk	1:18:53 h
2019	South American Championships	Lima		20 km walk	DNF
	Pan American Games			20 km walk	DNF

Personal best

• 5 km walk: 21:47, 14 min, October 25, 2009, Puebla
• 10 km lap walking: 39: 56.01 min, September 14, 2011, Medellín
• 10 km walk: 40: 11.00 min, September 14, 2014, Valley Cottage
• 20 km walk: 1:18:53, 13 August 2017, London , (Colombian record)

Web links

• Eider Arévalo in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Éider Arévalo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )