Basilio Labrador

Basilio Labrador (born 29 March 1967) is a Spanish male former racewalking athlete. He competed mainly in the 50 kilometres race walk but later in his career moved towards 20 kilometres race walk. He set his personal best over 50 km at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, where he placed fifth with 3:46:46 hours. His 20 km best of 1:32:31 hours was achieved in Jerez de la Frontera in 2003.[1]

He was a five-time participant for Spain at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and twice competed at the European Athletics Championships, managing fourth at the 1990 event. Born in Los Realejos, he took up walking at the age of fifteen. He later studied physical education at the Universidad de La Laguna and earned a masters in sports governance.[2]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1989 World Race Walking Cup Barcelona, Spain 19th 50 km walk 3:59:51
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 4th 50 km walk 4:02:05
1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 23rd 50 km walk 4:03:42
World Championships Tokyo, Japan — 50 km walk DNF
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 7th 20 km walk 1:28:26.7
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 15th 50 km walk 4:04:35
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 5th 50 km walk 3:46:46
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th 50 km walk 3:58:58
1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 39th 50 km walk 4:05:36
1996 European Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 4th 50 km walk 3:56:32
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 5th 50 km walk 3:47:28
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 16th 50 km walk 3:48:55

References
  1. Basilio Labrador. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  2. Historia (in Spanish). Basilio Labrador. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
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