Allan Francisco Segura Medina (born 23 December 1980) is a Costa Rican race walker. He represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He competed in the men's 20 km race walk, where he finished in thirty-ninth place, with a time of 1:27:10. Segura achieved his best result in race walking, when he finished thirty-second at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia, with the fastest possible time of 1:23:12.
Personal bests Track walk 20,000 m: 1:25:06.83 hrs – San José, Costa Rica, 26 June 2011
Road walk 20 km: 1:23:12 hrs – Cheboksary, Russia, 10 May 2008 50 km: 4:25:15 hrs – Chihuahua, Mexico, 22 February 2014
Achievements Representing the 2001Central American GamesGuatemala City, Guatemala3rd20 km1:33:542002Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala10th20,000m walk1:34:29Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st20,000m track walk1:37:51.672003Central American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala1st20,000m track walk1:32:44.90World ChampionshipsSaint-Denis, France28th20 km1:30:532004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain8th20,000m track walk1:30:46.7Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua1st20,000m track walk1:31:51.302005Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica3rd20,000m track walk1:31:13.952006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain58th20 km1:27:53Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico4th20,000m track walk1:34:31.85Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia7th20 km1:47:002007Central American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala1st20 km1:22:53Irregular mark: Short courseCentral American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica2nd20,000m track walk1:27:16.12NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador3rd20,000m walk1:29:50Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th20 km1:32:272008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia32nd20 km1:23:12Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd20,000m track walk1:27:57.2Olympic GamesBeijing, China39th20 km1:27:102009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador10th20 km1:29:06Central American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala2nd20,000m track walk1:27:39.56Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba2nd20 km1:34:58World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany41st20 km1:29:522010Central American GamesPanama City, Panama1st20,000m track walk1:34:12.15World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico34th20 km1:28:25Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain5th20,000m walk1:27:51.5 (ht)Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico6th20 km1:28:49Central American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala1st20,000m track walk1:26:44.452011Central American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador3rd20 km1:26:30Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st20,000m track walk1:25:06.83Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico1st20,000m track walk1:28.56.08Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico —20 kmDQ —50 kmDNF2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia83rd20 km1:31:21Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua3rd20,000m track walk1:33:23.962013Central American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala1st20 km1:38:52Central American GamesSan José, Costa Rica1st20 km1:28:43Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala17th20 km1:32:415thTeam (20 km)73 ptsCentral American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua1st20,000m track walk1:33:40.28Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico3rd20 km1:39:142014World Race Walking ChallengeChihuahua, Mexico12th50 km4:25:15World Race Walking CupTaicang, China —50 kmDNFCentral American ChampionshipsTegucigalpa, Honduras4th20,000m track walk1:33:39.74Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico —50 kmDNF2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile29th20 km1:35:23
References
External links Profile – CON-CRC NBC Olympics Profile