Carlos Mercenario

Carlos Carbajal Mercenary (* May 23, 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico ) is a retired Mexican track and field athlete, who in 1992 won the Olympic silver medal in the 50 - kilometer walk.

Carlos Mercenary won at the 1984 Pan American Junior Championships in the 10 - kilometer walk and was able to defend that title successfully in 1986. At the Junior World Championships 1986 he finished seventh. In 1987, he joined internationally for the first time in the adult class and won on the 20 -kilometer route went straight to walkers World Cup and the title at the Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games won with María Colín about 10 km, about 20 km Mercenary and Martín Bermúdez than 50 kilometers of walking distances to all athletes from Mexico. At the World Championships in Rome Mercenary did not reach the goal, he was disqualified before. A year later, Carlos Mercenary occupied in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul in seventh place over 20 kilometers.

In 1990, Mercenary his debut on the 50 - kilometer route and reached in 3:50:10 hours equal a world -class time. Mercenary won the 1991 over the long distance tourers the World Cup and the Pan American Games. In race walking World Cup Mercenary was the first walker ever to reach both 20 km and 50 km on a World Cup victory. At the World Championships in Tokyo Mercenary stepped up to about 20 km, finishing in twelfth place. The following year, Mercenary occurred also at the season's peak over 50 kilometers. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Andrei Perlow won from the United team with nearly two minutes ahead of Mercenary, which in turn had over one and a half minutes ahead of third-placed Ronald Weigel.

In 1993 they had Mercenary after 1987 over 20 km and 50 km 1991 on his third victory at the World Cup, when he again won over 50 km. At the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, he finished on the long route to eighth place. In 1995, he reached the World Cup also in eighth place and at the World Championships in Gothenburg, he placed himself in twelfth place. But in the Pan American Games in 1995 he won again. Four years later he won at the Pan American Games in 1999 behind his compatriot Joel Sánchez second place and won for the fourth time in a row a medal at Pan American Games.

At a height of 1.75 meters was Mercenarios competition Weight 63 kg.

Bests

• 20 km Walking: 1:19:24 h (1987 )
• 50 km Walking: 3:42:03 h (1991 )