# Allan Segura

Allan Francisco Segura Medina (born December 23, 1980) is a Costa Rican race walker. He represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He competed in the men's 20 km race walk, where he finished in thirty-ninth place, with a time of 1:27:10. Segura achieved his best result in race walking, when he finished thirty-second at the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia, with the fastest possible time of 1:23:12.

## Personal bests
### Track walk

* 20,000 m: 1:25:06.83 hrs – San José, 26 June 2011

### Road walk

* 20 km: 1:23:12 hrs – Cheboksary, 10 May 2008
* 50 km: 4:25:15 hrs – Chihuahua, 22 February 2014

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing the Costa Rica ||||||
| 2001 | Central American Games | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 3rd | 20 km | 1:33:54 |
| 2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 10th | 20,000m walk | 1:34:29 |
| 2002 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:37:51.67 |
| 2003 | Central American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:32:44.90 |
| 2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 28th | 20 km | 1:30:53 |
| 2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 8th | 20,000m track walk | 1:30:46.7 |
| 2004 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:31:51.30 |
| 2005 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 3rd | 20,000m track walk | 1:31:13.95 |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 58th | 20 km | 1:27:53 |
| 2006 | Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 4th | 20,000m track walk | 1:34:31.85 |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 7th | 20 km | 1:47:00 |
| 2007 | Central American Race Walking Cup | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 20 km | 1:22:53 |
| 2007 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 2nd | 20,000m track walk | 1:27:16.12 |
| 2007 | NACAC Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 3rd | 20,000m walk | 1:29:50 |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 20 km | 1:32:27 |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 32nd | 20 km | 1:23:12 |
| 2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | 20,000m track walk | 1:27:57.2 |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 39th | 20 km | 1:27:10 |
| 2009 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | San Salvador, El Salvador | 10th | 20 km | 1:29:06 |
| 2009 | Central American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | 20,000m track walk | 1:27:39.56 |
| 2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 20 km | 1:34:58 |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 41st | 20 km | 1:29:52 |
| 2010 | Central American Games | Panama City, Panama | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:34:12.15 |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 34th | 20 km | 1:28:25 |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 5th | 20,000m walk | 1:27:51.5 (ht) |
| 2010 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 6th | 20 km | 1:28:49 |
| 2010 | Central American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:26:44.45 |
| 2011 | Central American Race Walking Cup | San Salvador, El Salvador | 3rd | 20 km | 1:26:30 |
| 2011 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:25:06.83 |
| 2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:28.56.08 |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | — | 20 km | DQ |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 83rd | 20 km | 1:31:21 |
| 2012 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 3rd | 20,000m track walk | 1:33:23.96 |
| 2013 | Central American Race Walking Cup | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 20 km | 1:38:52 |
| 2013 | Central American Games | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 20 km | 1:28:43 |
| 2013 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 17th | 20 km | 1:32:41 |
| 2013 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 5th | Team (20 km) | 73 pts |
| 2013 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 20,000m track walk | 1:33:40.28 |
| 2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 3rd | 20 km | 1:39:14 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Challenge | Chihuahua, México | 12th | 50 km | 4:25:15 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2014 | Central American Championships | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 4th | 20,000m track walk | 1:33:39.74 |
| 2014 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, Mexico | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2015 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Arica, Chile | 29th | 20 km | 1:35:23 |