12 Facts About Kevin Eastler

Kevin Eastler was born on October 14,1977 and is an American race walker.

Kevin Eastler is a two-time Olympian in 20-km, four-time US 20-km race walking champion, a 2007 US 50-km race walking champion, and a former 30-km record holder.

Kevin Eastler earned numerous age group records and All-American titles, before entering the United States Air Force Academy in the summer of 1995.

In 1999, Kevin Eastler graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and a commission as second lieutenant in the Air Force.

Kevin Eastler posted a huge personal best in the men's 20 km walk at the IAAF World Championships in Paris, France, by placing eighteenth, tying the highest finish ever by a US walker in the event, with his time of 1:22:25.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Kevin Eastler competed as a member of the US track and field team in the men's 20 km race walk, along with his teammates Tim Seaman and John Nunn.

Kevin Eastler finished twenty-first in this event by three seconds behind Seaman, with a time of 1:25:20.

In 2006, Kevin Eastler set a record-breaking time of 2:12:53 at the US 30-km Race Walk Championships in Chula Vista, California.

In 2007, Kevin Eastler established himself as America's preeminent male race walker.

Kevin Eastler competed at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where he finished twenty-eighth in the 20 km race walk, and thirty-first in the 50 km, posting his time of 1:28:29 and 4:31:52, respectively.

Kevin Eastler earned a spot on the United States team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the race walk at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, with an A-standard time of 1:22:56.

Kevin Eastler competed as a lone athlete in the men's 20 km race walk, where he successfully finished the race in forty-third place by nineteen seconds behind Kazakhstan's Rustam Kuvatov, with a time of 1:28:44.