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| BIOGRAPHY | His Life, The Beginning |
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| Initially he participated in distance competitions, that is to say two, three, five kilometers. Later he had to make a radical decision, which was to dedicate himself completely to race walking. |
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| A sample of his beginnings is this image of one of the distance races held on the track of the Municipal stadium. |
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Here he is at an airport of Ecuador before flying to London and New York, when he was only 16 years old, thanks to his win in the Sport Aid competition, which served to have him named to represent our country as a good-will ambassador in the aforementioned countries. |
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| His first international trophy in the 5 k walk during the South American Pre-Junior championship held in his native city of Cuenca. |
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In 1990 in Bogotá, Colombia, during the South American Junior Championship, he had a close encounter for the first time with Enrique Peña Ruiz, who would be his friend and coach in the future. Thanks to the knowledge distributed by him, the first and only Olympic medal that the country possesses was achieved. |
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