Emerson Esnal Hernández
Emerson Esnal Hernández in 2013
Personal information
Born (1989-01-29) January 29, 1989
San Salvador, El Salvador
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country El Salvador
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Updated on 14 May 2014.

Emerson Esnal Hernández (born January 29, 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran race walker. He began racing after a team of sports recruiters selected his best friend to try out, Hernández accompanied his friend, and one of the coaches at the try out noticed him. He represented El Salvador in the 50 km racewalk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography

Emerson Esnal Hernández was born in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 29, 1989, one of seven children of Juana Dolores Hernández. Hernández became involved with the sport of race walking when a group from the National Sports Institute of El Salvador visited his school looking for recruits. The team recruited Hernández's best friend Rafael Avalos, and Hernández accompanied him because Rafael was shy. They were taken to a stadium, where Hernández was noticed by a coach and entered training in athletics.[1]

At age 13 Hernández began to train with coach Rafael Cerna, and only five months after beginning training Hernández won first place in a cross country race. By 2003 he had qualified for the World Junior Championships and in 2005 won a gold medal in the El Salvador National Championships.[1] In the 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup, he took 4th place in the Junior Men's 10 km Racewalk.[2] During the early years of his athletic career, he continued his academic studies and in 2008 he graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the Instituto Nacional Alberto Masferrer de la Zacamil.[1] At the 2008 World Youth Athletics Championship, Hernández and his coach were involved in a controversy when the runners in Hernández' race were provided with carbonated water rather than uncarbonated water. Hernández and his coach claimed that this led to nausea, stomach cramps, and dizziness, and led to his withdrawal from the race.[3]

He qualified for the 2010 Central American Games in Puerto Rico, but withdrew due to injury, and in the same year finished 24th in the 50 km racewalk at the World Cup in Chihuahua, Mexico. As of 2012, he was ranked 54th in the world in the 50 km runwalk.[1] During the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, he finished in 6th place, eight minutes behind the 5th-place finisher.[4] Hernández qualified to represent El Salvador in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 50 km racewalk, and traveled to Italy prior to the games for training. There, he has been coached by experienced Italian racewalking coach Sandro Damilano, who has trained a number of Chinese and Italian athletes for the Olympics.[1] As of 2012, he was ranked 50th in the world in the 50 km event, and was the highest ranking Salvadoran racewalker.[5] At the 2012 Olympics, he finished in 26th place with a new personal best time of 3:53:57.[6]

Personal bests

Track walk

Road walk

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  El Salvador
2004 Central American Youth Championships San José, Costa Rica — 5000 m track walk DNF
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships Coatzacoalcos, México — 5000 m track walk DNF
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 11th 10,000 m track walk 46:35.34
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 18th 10,000 m track walk 46:23.20
2007 Central American Race Walking Cup - Junior Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st 10 km road walk 44:33
Pan American Race Walking Cup - Junior Balneário Camboriú, Brazil 4th 10 km road walk 44:30
Central American Junior Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10,000 m track walk 44:05.79
Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 5th 20,000 m track walk 1:31:01.08
Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil — 10,000 m track walk DQ
2008 World Race Walking Cup - Junior Cheboksary, Russia 18th 10 km road walk 43:18
Central American Race Walking Cup - Junior Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 1st 10 km road walk 47:07.3
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland — 10,000 m track walk DNF
Central American Junior Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10,000 m track walk 43:38.08
2009 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 5th 20 km road walk 1:30:28
Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador — 50 km road walk DNF
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 24th 50 km road walk 4:06:47
Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain — 20,000 m walk DNF
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico — 50 km road walk DNF
2011 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 35 km road walk 2:48:30
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 36th 20 km road walk 1:30:48
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 6th 50 km road walk 4:12:53
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th 50 km road walk 3:53:57
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 50 km road walk DQ
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 90th 20 km road walk 1:29:57

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "EMERSON MARCHISTA ESA QUE SUEÑA EN GRANDE". Comité Olímpico de El Salvador. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results". USA Track and Field. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Carcamo, Rafael (16 July 2008). "Esnal y los estragos del agua con gas en Polonia". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Men's 50km Racewalk Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Najarro, César. "A un mes de Londres". EDH Deportes. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Emerson Hernández Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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