Salvador Ernesto Mira Vásquez (born 23 August 1984) is a Salvadoran race walker. He set both a national record and a personal best time of 3:59:51, by finishing fourth in the men's 50 km race walk at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mira represented El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed for the men's 50 km race walk. Mira received a final warning (a total of three red cards) for not following the proper form during the 25 km lap, and was subsequently disqualified from the competition.
Personal best 20 km race walk: 1:26:09 hrs – San Salvador, El Salvador, 10 December 2005 50 km race walk: 3:59:51 hrs – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 July 2007
Achievements Representing 2001World Youth ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary13th10,000m walk45:40.76 min2002Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados4th10,000m walk46:48.91 minWorld Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica–10,000 m track walkDNFCentral American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica2nd20,000 m track walk1:39:14.27 hrsCentral American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador4th20 km walk1:33:43 hrs2003Central American Junior ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st10,000 m track walk47:12.642004Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua2nd20,000 m track walk1:32:33.66 hrs NR2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain40th50 km walk4:12:53 hrsNACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic1st20,000m walk1:31:42 hrsCentral American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia –20 km walkDQ2007ALBA GamesCaracas, Venezuela1st20 km walk1:29:44 hrsPan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th50 km walk3:59.51 hrs NR2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia–50 km walkDQOlympic GamesBeijing, China–50 km walkDQ2009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador5th50 km walk4:15:48 hrs2013Central American Race Walking ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala3rd 20 km walk1:43:40 hrsCentral American GamesSan José, Costa Rica5th20 km road walk1:35:33Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala25th20 km road walk1:37:39Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua3rd20,000 m track walk1:35:43.46Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico4th20 km road walk1:42:44
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile