Noé Hernández
Noé Hernández Valentín (born March 15, 1978 in Chimalhuacán , State of México ; † January 16, 2013 ibid) was a Mexican athlete .
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , he won the silver medal in the 20 km walk . With a time of 1:19:03 h he was only four seconds behind the winner Robert Korzeniowski (POL). At the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris, the walker came fourth with his personal best of 1:18:14.
After the end of his career, Hernández worked as a sports representative for the Mexican ruling party Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). On December 30, 2012, in a bar in the village of Los Reyes La Paz , Hernández was caught in a shootout that killed two people and was critically injured in the head. After several operations, he was released from the hospital on January 8, 2013 and died of heart failure on January 16, 2013. He was trained by Jerzy Hausleber .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walker Hernández critically injured in Mexico , Augsburger Allgemeine , January 1, 2013
- ↑ Walker Noé Hernández died after being attacked. Focus online , January 17, 2013, accessed January 18, 2013 .
Web links
- Noé Hernández in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Noé Hernández in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait ( memento of September 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the Comité Olímpico Mexicano website
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| SURNAME | Hernández, Noé |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hernández Valentín, Noé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chimalhuacan , State of Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2013 |
| Place of death | Chimalhuacan , State of Mexico |