Julio César Urías

{{short description|Guatemalan racewalker}}

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| weight = 52 kg

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{{MedalBronze | 1995 Mar del Plata | 50 km}}

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{{MedalBronze | 1993 Ponce | 50 km}}

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Julio César Urías Meda (born January 11, 1972) is a retired male race walker from Guatemala. He won the bronze medal in the men's 50 km race walk event at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he set his personal best - 3:49.37 on 24 March 1995.

Personal bests

  • 20 km: 1:23:58 hrs – {{flagicon|GUA}} Guatemala, 2 Septiembre 1994
  • 50 km: 3:49:37 hrs – {{flagicon|ARG}} Mar del Plata, 24 March 1995

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GUA}}
1990

|Pan American Race Walking Cup

|Xalapa, México

|12th

|20 km

|1:32:49

1991 Race Walking world Cup San Jose California USA

51 1:27:45

|rowspan = "2"|1993

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Ponce, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|50 km

|4:03:24

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

| —

|50 km

| DNF

1994

|Central American Games

|San Salvador, El Salvador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|50 km

|4:08:21

1995

|Pan American Games

|Mar del Plata, Argentina

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|50 km

|3:49:37 NR

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|17th

|50 km

|3:56:27

rowspan = "2"|1997

|IAAF World Race Walking Cup

|Poděbrady, Czech Republic

|34th

|50 km

|4:00:12

World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|23rd

|50 km

|4:07:18

1997

|Central American Games

|San Pedro Sula, Honduras

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|35 km

|2:55:34

1998

Sudamerican Race Walking Championship Men´s 35 kilometer Bogota Colombia 2:46:12

1st

2002

|IAAF World Race Walking Cup

|Torino, Italy

|47th

|20 km

|1:31:42

References