Marc Tur
Tur in 2015
Personal information
Full nameMarc Vicent Tur Pico
NationalitySpanish
Born (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)
Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportRacewalking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3:47.40 (50 km, 2021)

Marc Vicent Tur Pico (born 30 November 1994) is a Spanish racewalker. In 2019, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[1] He finished in 19th place.[1]

In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[2] He finished in 22nd place.[2]

During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he placed 4th in the men's 50 kilometres walk.[3]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 29th 10,000 m 44:42
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 5th 10,000 m 41:51
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 42nd 20 km 1:22:46
Mediterranean U23 Championships Aubagne, France 2nd 10,000 m 42:52
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd 20,000 m 1:23:22
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia — 20 km DQ
2016 Mediterranean U23 Championships Radès, Tunisia 4th 10,000 m 41:23
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 24th 50 km 3:56:28
European Championships Berlin, Germany 22nd 50 km 4:09:18
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th 50 km 4:24:38
2021 Summer Olympics Sapporo, Japan 4th 50 km 3:51:08

Personal life

Tur is openly gay.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Men's 50 kilometres walk – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Marc Tur: "Soy abiertamente gay"". La Vanguardia (in European Spanish). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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