David Hurtado

Alexander David Hurtado Espinosa (born 21 April 1999) is an Ecuadorian racewalking athlete. He represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 kilometres walk.

Early life Hurtado began racewalking at age 12 at school in Pichincha, Ecuador when his teacher introduced him to the sport. He was also inspired after watching Ecuadorian Olympic medal-winning racewalker Jefferson Pérez at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career At the 2017 Ecuadorian Race Walking Championships, Hurtado set the South American under-20 and under-23 record for the 10 kilometres race walk with a time of 39:41.

Hurtado represented Ecuador at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 10,000 metres walk and won a silver medal. He finished six thousandths of a second behind gold medal winner Yao Zhang.