Manuel Esteban Soto Ruiz (born 28 January 1994) is a Colombian male race walking athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
He failed to finish in his international debut at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics but took a bronze medal at the South American Race Walking Championships in 2012. A succession of age category gold medals followed at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup and the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.
He made his senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup, sharing in the team silver medal. He gained selection for Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished with a personal best of 1:20:36 minutes for the 20 km walk in ninth place.
He placed 14th in the Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2018, Soto was issued with a 2-month and 1-week competition ban for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for isometheptene.
Personal bests 10,000 metres race walk – 41:55.95 (2013) 10 kilometres race walk – 41:19 (2013) 20,000 metres race walk – 1:23:22.7 (2014) 20 kilometres race walk – 1:20:36 (2016)
All information from All-Athletics.Manuel Esteban Soto . All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
International competitions 2011World U18 ChampionshipsVilleneuve-d'Ascq, France 10,000 m walkDQ2012South American Race Walking ChampionshipsSalinas, Ecuador3rd10 km walk (junior)43:431stJunior team3 ptsWorld Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia39th10 km walk (junior)45:242ndJunior team10 pts2013South American Junior ChampionshipsResistencia, Argentina1st10 km walk41:55.95Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala1st10 km walk41:18.61stJunior team7 pts2014South American U23 ChampionshipsMontevideo, Uruguay1st20,000 m walk1:23:22.7 2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile14th20 km walk1:26:272ndTeam23 pts2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil9th20 km walk1:20:362017Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia1st20 km walk1:26:32
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