David Hurtado

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| full_name = Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1999|4|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quito, Ecuador

| sport = Athletics

| event = Racewalking

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Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa{{fnf|Hurtado|Espinosa|lang=Spanish}} (born 21 April 1999) is an Ecuadorian racewalking athlete. He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Early life

Hurtado began racewalking at age 12 at school in Pichincha, Ecuador when his teacher introduced him to the sport. He was also inspired after watching Ecuadorian Olympic medal-winning racewalker Jefferson Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url =https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/world-u20-championships-david-hurtado |title=Silver in Tampere felt like – and nearly was – gold for Hurtado |website=worldathletics.org |date=24 July 2018|accessdate=5 August 2021}}

Career

At the 2017 Ecuadorian Race Walking Championships, Hurtado set the South American under-20 and under-23 record for the 10 kilometres race walk with a time of 39:41.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ecuador/david-hurtado-14701543 |title=David Hurtado |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=5 August 2021}}

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 10,000 metres walk and won a silver medal. He finished six thousandths of a second behind gold medal winner Yao Zhang.

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2019 South American Championships in the 20,000 meters walk and won a silver medal.

He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk and finished in 19th place.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1458085-hurtado-david.htm|title=David Hurtado |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=5 August 2021}}{{cite web|title=Athletics – Men's 20km Race Walk – Final – Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHM20KMWALK----------FNL-000100--.pdf|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|date=5 August 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805092007/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHM20KMWALK----------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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External links

{{World Athletics|ecuador/david-hurtado-14701543}}
{{Olympics.com|david-hurtado}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/david-hurtado_1929977 David Hurtado] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Ecuadorian male race walkers

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Ecuador

Category:Sportspeople from Quito

Category:21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen

Category:South American Games competitors for Ecuador

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador

Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics