Luis Henry Campos Cruz (born 10 November 1995) is a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian

racewalker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in the men's 50 kilometres walk but did not finish the race. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 29th place. In 2023, he won a gold medal at the 2023 South American Championships in the 20,000 metres walk. Campos was born in

Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department. The city was the cap ...

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* 1995 births Living people Peruvian male race walkers Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games South American Games silver medalists for Peru South American Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Peru 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Cusco {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub