Marc Tur
Full nameMarc Vicent Tur Picó
NationalitySpanish
Birth date30 November 1994 (age 31)
Birth placeSanta Eulària des Riu, Spain
Height191 cm
Weight72 kg
CountrySpain
SportRacewalking
Pb3:47.40 (50 km, 2021)

Marc Vicent Tur Picó (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

Representing
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain29th10,000 m44:42
2013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy5th10,000 m41:51
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China42nd20 km1:22:46
Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipsAubagne, France2nd10,000 m42:52
Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2nd20,000 m1:23:22
2015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia—20 kmDQ
2016Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia4th10,000 m41:23
2018World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsTaicang, China24th50 km3:56:28
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany22nd50 km4:09:18
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th50 km4:24:38
2021Summer OlympicsSapporo, Japan4th50 km3:51:08

Personal life

Tur is openly gay.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Men's 50 kilometres walk – Final". 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived 24 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  4. ^ "Marc Tur: "Soy abiertamente gay"" (in es-ES). La Vanguardia. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.