Cristian Andrés Chocho León (born 4 November 1983)Andres Chocho. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. is an Ecuadorian race walker who competes in both the 20 km and 50 km walk events. He is the South American record holder in the 50 km (3:49:32 hours) and 20,000 metres (1:20:23.8 hours) walking events.

Chocho was the 2011 South American Champion over 20 km and was the bronze medallist at the 2011 Summer Universiade. His best global level finish is eleventh over 50 km at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He represented Ecuador at four Summer Olympics, won a gold medal in 50 km Walk in the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games, and is a seven-time participant of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

Career Born in Cuenca, Ecuador (the same city as 1996 Olympic racewalk champion Jefferson Pérez), he began racewalking at a young age and made his international debut at 15 years old. He took third in both the youth 10 km at the 1999 South American Racewalking Cup and the 10,000 m walk at the 1999 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.v20110514 1755.html 1999 South American Racewalking Cup. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.1999 South American Junior Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. The year after he improved to second at the youth section of the South American Cup,2000 South American Racewalking Cup. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. but was disqualified for lifting at the 2000 South American Junior Championships.2000 South American Junior Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. In spite of this he was chosen to compete at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Santiago de Chile and came 24th.2000 World Junior Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. He ended the year with a win over 10,000 m at the 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics.2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.

The 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in conjunction with the 2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in October and he won the South American 10,000 m walk title, while finishing second in the Pan American race behind Mexico's Horacio Nava.2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. Later that month he won the 10 km junior road title at the South American Cup.2001 South American Racewalking Cup . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. In his final year of junior competition he was runner-up to Brazil's Rafael Duarte in the 2002 South American Junior Championships and placed eighteenth in the 10,000 m walk at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics.2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. That year also marked his senior debut at the 2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, where he took 34th place in the 20 km walk category, as well as a tenth-place finish at the South American Cup.Chocho Andres. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.

Chocho did not compete in major competition in 2003 but returned in 2004 he placed fifth in the South American Cup. He was disqualified at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in both 2004 and 2006. He set a personal best of 1:22:31 hours for the 20 km walk at the Na Rynek Marsz meet in June 2007, but managed only 13th place at the 2007 Summer Universiade and was again disqualified at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He came ninth at the 2008 South American Race Walking Cup and managed finishes of 38th and 39th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, respectively.Andres Chocho. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. He also improved his best to 1:22:05 hours at that year's Na Rynek Marsz meet.Rozum, Janusz (2008-05-25). Sanchez, Turava defend titles in Krakow - IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. His highlights of 2009 were a twelfth-place finish at the 2009 Summer Universiade and 39th place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Chocho was disqualified at the 2010 South American Cup,Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-28). Ecuadorians shine at South American Race Walking Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. but managed 31st at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He debuted over the 50 km walk distance that October and set a time of 3:54:42 hours in Congers, New York. The 2011 season saw Chocho reach new heights in his career. He began with a win at the national championships, but failed to finish at the 2011 Pan American Race Walking Cup. He rebounded with a near-personal best of 1:22:18 hours to take eighth at Rio Maior's Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica.Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2011-04-09). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. That June he broke the South American record for the 20,000 m walk at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, winning the gold medal in a time of 1:20:23.8 hours. He followed this with a bronze medal performance at the 2011 Summer Universiade.van Kuijen, Hans (2011-08-22). World University Games conclude in Shenzhen – Wrap report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-13.

Making his championship debut over the distance, Chocho proved himself more adept at the longer distance and took eleventh place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics with a South American record time of 3:49:32 hours.0 547145485.html Ecuatoriano Chocho logra undécimo puesto y récord sudamericano en Mundial. El Comercio (2011-09-02). Retrieved on 2012-03-31. He ended the year at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was disqualified in the 50 km walk event. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was disqualified just beyond an hour into the 50 km race having been shown three red cards.

In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 18th place. He also competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk. He did not finish his race.

Chocho represented Ecuador in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th with a season best.

Personal life

Andres Chocho is the son of the olympic trainer, Luis Chocho (born 1957 in Cuenca Ecuador, died February 17, 2021, due to the complications for the COVID-19 disease to the age of 64 years old).

He is married to a Brazilian race walker, Érica de Sena, who he also coaches. Their son was born in 2022.Mundial de Atletismo 2023: Érica Sena recomeça após desilusão em Tóquio e maternidade

Personal bests Track walk 10,000 m: 40:29.71 min (ht) – Cuenca, Ecuador, 21 March 2016 20,000 m: 1:20:23.8 hrs (ht) – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 June 2011

Road walk 20 km: 1:20:07 hrs – Rome, Italy, 7 May 2016 50 km: 3:42:57 hrs NR– Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 6 March 2016

International competitions Representing 1999South American Race Walking CupCochabamba, Bolivia3rd10 km walk (youth)50:07South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile3rd10,000 m walk44:43.082000South American Race Walking CupLima, Peru2nd10 km walk (youth)48:09Pan American Race Walking CupPoza Rica, Mexico17th20 km walk1:42:44South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil —10,000 m walkDQWorld Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile24th10,000 m walk46:17.66South American Youth ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia1st10,000 m walk47:52.68 2001South American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1st10,000 m walk43:58.89Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2nd10,000 m walk43:58.89South American Race Walking CupCuenca, Ecuador1st10 km walk (junior)45:552002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica18th10,000 m walk45:28.60South American Junior Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBelém, Brazil2nd10,000 m walk44:36.81World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy34th20 km walk1:29:09South American Race Walking CupPuerto Saavedra, Chile10th20 km walk1:33:292003Pan American Race Walking CupChula Vista, United States14th20 km walk1:29:27UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea —20 km walkDNF2004South American Race Walking ChampionshipsLos Ángeles, Chile5th20 km walk1:24:29World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany —20 km walkDQ2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru —20 km walkDNF2006South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia6th20 km walk1:30:24World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain —20 km walkDQ2007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil —20 km walkDQUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand14th20 km walk1:31:24World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan —20 km walkDQ2008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador9th20 km walk1:31:27World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia39th20 km walk1:24:08Olympic GamesBeijing, China38th20 km walk1:27:092009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru —20,000 m walkDNFUniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia12th20 km walk1:24:51World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany39th20 km walk1:29:142010South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia —20 km walkDQWorld Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico31st20 km walk1:28:192011Pan American Race Walking CupEnvigado, Colombia —20 km walkDNFSouth American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1st20,000 m walk1:20:23.8UniversiadeShenzhen, China2nd20 km walk1:24:44World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea11th50 km walk3:49:32Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico —50 km walkDQ2012South American Race Walking ChampionshipsSalinas, Ecuador8th20 km walk1:30:24.4World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia —50 km walkDQOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom —50 km walkDQ2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia3rd20,000 m walk1:26:20.98World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia —50 km walkDQBolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru1st50 km walk3:58:502014South American GamesSantiago, Chile —20,000 m walkDQWorld Race Walking CupTaicang, China —50 km walkDQ2015World Championships Beijing, China—20 km walkDQ8th50 km walk3:46:002016South American Race Walking ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador1st20 km walk1:24:11World Race Walking CupRome, Italy6th (team: )20 km walk1:20:07Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil —50 km walkDQ2017World Championships London, United Kingdom –50 km walkDQBolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia1st50 km walk4:14:202018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia1st50 km walk3:55:482019World Championships Doha, Qatar18th20 km walk1:32:49 –50 km walkDNF2021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador1st20,000 m walk1:24:18.94Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan19th50 km walk3:59:032022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain –10,000 m walkDNFWorld Championships Eugene, United States24th35 km walk2:33:28South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay –35 km walkDNF

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