Edward Ignacio Araya Cortés (born 14 February 1986) is a Chilean race walker.Sports Reference profile He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His personal best of 3:58:54 hours for the 50 kilometres walk is the Chilean record for the event. He represented his country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and has twice competed at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup (2010 and 2012).Edward Araya. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-01. He entered the 2011 Pan American Games but was disqualified in the competition. He has raced at the South American Race Walking Championships on four occasions (2004, 2004, 2008, 2010) but has not won a medal there.
He has a twin brother, Yerko, who is also a race walker.
Competition record Representing 2002South American Race Walking Cup (U18)Puerto Saavedra, Chile8th10 km50:581stTeam (20 km)15 pts2003World Youth ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada18th10,000m track walk49:16.922004South American Race Walking Championships (U20)Los Ángeles, Chile –10 kmDQ1stTeam (10 km)12 pts2005Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20)Lima, Peru10th10 km44:512008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador12th20 km1:39:11 A3rdTeam (20 km)37 ptsSouth American U23 ChampionshipsLima, Peru—20,000m walkDQ2010South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia –20 kmDQWorld Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico58th20 km1:34:472011Pan American Race Walking CupEnvigado, Colombia –20 kmDQSouth American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina –20,000m track walkDQPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico –50 kmDQ2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia50th20 km1:26:14Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –50 kmDQ2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –50 kmDQ2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile –20,000m track walkDQ2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile —20 kmDQ8thTeam (20 km)85 pts
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