His motto is “The basis of success is constant work and a positive spirit.”
In San Juan, municipality of Balleza, Chihuahua, Mexico, Guadalupe de los Ángeles Escalante was born on December 12, 1960. He currently lives in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua.
This retired physical education teacher lives with his wife, Norma Cecilia Chavira Martínez, a teacher who has also retired; As well as his two daughters, Ashley, 25, who is a dentist and currently is studying a Masters in Orthodontics and Nitsy, 23, who is a student of Dentistry.
Guadalupe started practicing athletics at school events when he attended high school in 1976.Thenfrom1977toasastudentoftheSchoolofPhysicalEducationofthe Universidad
Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH) continued with the discipline. For work reasons, he remained inactive from 1981 to 2006. From 2006 to date, he has been participating in master athletics in the various state, regional, national, international indoor, and outdoor events.
This athlete finances his participation, in national and international events, with his savings and, occasionally, with the support of sports authorities of the State of Chihuahua.
In the technical aspect, Guadalupe has had the support of two coaches; the first was Engr. Rubén Arikado González until approximately 2010, and from 2011 to the present Mr. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Gallegos. Because living in cities other than those of coaches, most of the time he trains alone.
This racewalker practices this discipline in its different distances in master events such as 3000 meters, 5000 meters, and 10000 meters track, in addition to 3, 5, 10 and 20 kilometers route.
His participation both nationally and internationally has been outstanding, so he has obtained mostly gold medals in Mexico, 33 in total, and world championships has always been on the podium getting ten gold medals, five silver, and two bronze medals.
Guadalupe comments on the great pleasure that causes him to arrive first at the finish line and that, each time he has got to the podium, he is invaded by the crying of happiness, when listening to the Mexican national anthem
The practice of sport has brought him physical, mental and emotional benefits. It has also improved its quality of life, mainly stability and consequently the permanent improvement. Through competition, he has also managed to create new friendships bounds, a fundamental aspect of the development of games. Of course, the moral support and the affectionate relationship of his family have been paramount.
Guadalupe has several goals at the sports level. Despite the age and regardless of the place obtained, you want to continue improving brands as well as attend more national and international championships. He also dreams of being able to visit more countries, make more friends and get to break one or more world records.