Kimberly García comes from the Inca nation and was born in Huancayo in central Peru. Her family has always been linked to race walking, so she started training when she was 5 years old, following in the footsteps of her cousin.[5]
Career
As a 12-year-old García won the 5 kilometres race walk at the Peruvian Race Walking Under-18 Championships and Peruvian U18 Championships. Three years later, in 2009, she took victory in the 10 km walk U20 event of the Peruvian Race Walking Championships. She was seventh at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore (5000 m walk).[2]
At the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July, García first won 20 km walk in a national record, becoming the first ever medallist from Peru in championships history and ending longer than 10 years Chinese dominance in the event.[9][10] Seven days later, she added second title for the 35 km walk, improving her own South American record and becoming the first woman to earn two racewalking titles at one global championships. García also became the first Latin American to win two gold medals at the same World Athletics Championships.[11] In November, she was shortlisted for the World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year award.[4]
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^ abc"Atleta peruana Gabriela Kimberly García León "Kimy", se adjudica la medalla de oro en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo, en Oregón EE.UU". prensaperu.pe (in Spanish). Peruvian News Agency. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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^"'Fighter' Kimberly Garcia Leon dominates 20km race walk for Peru's first ever world gold". The Times of India. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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^Rowbottom, Mike (22 July 2022). "Peru's Garcia Leon completes world race walk double as she wins new 35km event". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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kimberly, garcía, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, garcía, second, maternal, family, name, león, gabriela, león, born, october, 1993, female, racewalker, from, peru, gold, medals, women, kilometres, walk, walk, 2022, world, athletics, championshi. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Garcia and the second or maternal family name is Leon Gabriela Kimberly Garcia Leon born 19 October 1993 2 is a female racewalker from Peru She won gold medals in the women s 20 kilometres walk and 35 km walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships becoming the first Peruvian medallist in championships history and the first Latin American to earn two titles at the same World Athletics Championships 3 4 Kimberly GarciaPersonal informationFull nameGabriela Kimberly Garcia Leon 1 Born 1993 10 19 19 October 1993 age 29 Huancayo PeruEducationUniversidad ContinentalHeight164 cm 5 ft 5 in SportCountryPeruSportAthleticsEvent s RacewalkingCoached byAndres Chocho 2022 Pedro Canizares 2021 Medal record Women s athleticsRepresenting PeruWorld Championships2022 Eugene 20 km walk2022 Eugene 35 km walkWorld Race Walking Team Championships2022 Muscat 20 km walkPan American Games2019 Lima 20 km walkPan American Race Walking Cup2013 Guatemala 20 km walk2015 Arica 20 km walk2017 Lima 20 km walkIbero American Championships2018 Sao Trujillo 10 000 m walk2022 La Nucia 10 000 m walk2014 Sao Paulo 10 000 m walkSouth American Race Walking Championships2014 Cochabamba 20 km walk2022 Lima 20 km walk2018 Sucua 20 km walkGarcia represented Peru in the women s 20 kilometres walk at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics 2 She holds South American record in the 35 km walk and three Peruvian national records 10 000 m walk 10 km walk and 20 km walk Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 2022 3 Achievements 3 1 Personal bests 3 2 International competitions 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditKimberly Garcia comes from the Inca nation and was born in Huancayo in central Peru Her family has always been linked to race walking so she started training when she was 5 years old following in the footsteps of her cousin 5 Career EditAs a 12 year old Garcia won the 5 kilometres race walk at the Peruvian Race Walking Under 18 Championships and Peruvian U18 Championships Three years later in 2009 she took victory in the 10 km walk U20 event of the Peruvian Race Walking Championships She was seventh at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore 5000 m walk 2 At 19 she claimed the gold medal in the 20 km walk at the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Garcia won also the event at the 2014 South American Race Walking Championships In May that year she set her first South American record 20 km in Taicang China 6 Garcia placed 14th in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics 2 After the Games she considered retiring from professional athletics due to the lack of support from private companies 5 In 2017 she achieved the highest position of Peruvian athlete in a World Athletics Championships finishing seventh in the 20 km walk at the Championships in London 7 In 2019 Garcia won the silver medal in the event at the Pan American Games staged in Lima 2 In December that year she was named Athlete of the Year by the Peruvian Athletics Sport Federation 5 She qualified for the event but failed to finish the 20 km walk at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics 2 2022 Edit In March the 28 year old finished third in the 20 km walk at the World Race Walking Team Championships held in Muscat Oman In April she broke the South American record in the 35 km walk at the Dudinska Patdesiatka meeting in Dudince Slovakia 8 At the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene Oregon in July Garcia first won 20 km walk in a national record becoming the first ever medallist from Peru in championships history and ending longer than 10 years Chinese dominance in the event 9 10 Seven days later she added second title for the 35 km walk improving her own South American record and becoming the first woman to earn two racewalking titles at one global championships Garcia also became the first Latin American to win two gold medals at the same World Athletics Championships 11 In November she was shortlisted for the World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year award 4 Achievements EditPersonal bests Edit 10 000 metres race walk 42 56 97 Trujillo 2018 NR 10 kilometres race walk 43 23 Suzhou 2017 NR 20 kilometres race walk 1 26 58 Eugene OR 2022 NR 35 kilometres race walk 2 39 16 Eugene OR 2022 South American recordInternational competitions Edit Representing Peru Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes2009 World Youth Championships Brixen Italy 5000 m walk DQ2010 South American U18 Race Walking Championships Cochabamba Bolivia 1st 5 km walk 24 24World Race Walking Cup U20 events Chihuahua City Mexico 22nd 10 km walk 54 02Youth Olympic Games Bishan Singapore 7th 5000 m walk 23 17 04 PBSouth American Youth Championships Santiago Chile 2nd 5000 m walk 23 25 762011 Pan American Race Walking Cup U20 events Barcelona Spain 2nd 10 km walk 49 13South American U20 Championships in Athletics Medellin Colombia 10 000 m walk DQ2012 South American Race Walking Championships U20 events Salinas Ecuador 4th 10 km walk 47 57World Race Walking Cup U20 events Saransk Russia 11th 10 km walk 47 56 SBWorld Junior Championships Barcelona Spain 10th 10 000 m walk 47 42 49 SB2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City Guatemala 1st 20 km walk 1 35 01South American Race Walking Championships Cartagena Colombia 20 000 m walk DQWorld Championships Beijing China 31st 20 km walk 1 33 57 NRBolivarian Games Trujillo Peru 3rd 20 km walk 1 34 292014 South American Race Walking Championships Cochabamba Bolivia 1st 20 km walk 1 35 34World Race Walking Cup Taicang China 24th 20 km walk 1 29 44 ARIbero American Championships Sao Paulo Brazil 3rd 10 000 m walk 43 57 442015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica Chile 2nd 20 km walk 1 31 13South American Race Walking Championships Lima Peru 20 000 m walk DQPan American Games Toronto Canada 5th 20 km walk 1 32 45World Championships Beijing China 20 km walk DNF2016 South American Race Walking Championships Guayaquil Ecuador 8th 20 km walk 1 38 21World Race Walking Team Championships Rome Italy 12th 20 km walk 1 29 38 NROlympic Games Rio de Janeiro Brazil 14th 20 km walk 1 32 092017 Pan American Race Walking Cup Lima Peru 2nd 20 km walk 1 29 15World Championships London United Kingdom 7th 20 km walk 1 29 13 NR2018 South American Race Walking Championships Sucua Ecuador 3rd 20 km walk 1 32 48World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang China 8th 20 km walk 1 28 56South American Games Cochabamba Bolivia 1st 20 km walk 1 33 11 GRIbero American Championships Trujillo Peru 2nd 10 000 m walk 42 56 97 NR2019 Pan American Games Lima Peru 2nd 20 km walk 1 29 00 SB2021 Olympic Games Sapporo Japan 20 km walk DNF2022 South American Race Walking Championships Lima Peru 2nd 20 km walk 1 32 00World Race Walking Team Championships Muscat Oman 3rd 20 km walk 1 32 27Ibero American Championships La Nucia Spain 2nd 10 000 m walk 43 41 50World Championships Eugene OR United States 1st 20 km walk 1 26 58 NR1st 35 km walk 2 39 16 CR ARSee also EditPeru at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Peru at the 2022 World Athletics ChampionshipsReferences Edit 2018 South American Games results PDF Archived from the original on 6 June 2018 Retrieved 14 June 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b c d e f Kimberly GARCIA LEoN Athlete Profile World Athletics Retrieved 15 July 2022 22 standout moments from a memorable 22 track and field season World Athletics 21 September 2022 Retrieved 26 September 2022 a b Spotlight on finalists Kimberly Garcia and Jakob Ingebrigtsen World Athletics 18 November 2022 Retrieved 18 November 2022 a b c Atleta peruana Gabriela Kimberly Garcia Leon Kimy se adjudica la medalla de oro en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo en Oregon EE UU prensaperu pe in Spanish Peruvian News Agency 18 July 2022 Retrieved 22 July 2022 20 Kilometres Race Walk Results IAAF 3 May 2014 Retrieved 3 May 2014 Martin Marta 23 July 2022 Kimberly Garcia quien es la doble campeona del mundo en el Mundial de Atletismo 2022 Olympics com in Spanish IOC Retrieved 23 July 2022 Qieyang and Stano win 35km race walk debuts in Dudince World Athletics 23 April 2022 Retrieved 23 April 2022 Fighter Kimberly Garcia Leon dominates 20km race walk for Peru s first ever world gold The Times of India 16 July 2022 Retrieved 22 July 2022 Mulkeen Jon 16 July 2022 Garcia ends Chinese dominance of 20km race walk with landmark Oregon triumph World Athletics Retrieved 22 July 2022 Rowbottom Mike 22 July 2022 Peru s Garcia Leon completes world race walk double as she wins new 35km event Inside the Games Retrieved 22 July 2022 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kimberly Garcia Kimberly Garcia at World Athletics Kimberly Garcia at Olympics com Kimberly Garcia at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kimberly Garcia amp oldid 1130092954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
