Jorge Llopart
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| Club | GCR La Seda | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 50 kmW – 3:44:33 (1989)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish
race walker
.
He competed in the 50 km event at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1980. The silver medal was Spain's first ever medal in athletics.[3] Llopart was a European champion in this event in 1978.[1][2]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Spain
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| 1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 1st | 50 km | 3:53:29.9 |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 2nd | 50 km | 3:51:25 |
| 1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | 50 km | 4:08:28 |
| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway
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4th | 50 km | 3:52:57 |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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28th | 20 km | 1:27:49 | |
| — | 50 km | DNF | |||
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 50 km | 4:03:09 |
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 8th | 50 km | 4:02:55 |
| 1986 | European Championships
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Stuttgart, West Germany | 9th | 50 km | 3:52:12 |
| 1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 14th | 50 km | 3:55:35 |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy
|
— | 50 km
|
DQ | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 13th | 50 km | 3:48:09 |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia
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— | 50 km | DNF |
| 1991 | World Championships
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Tokyo, Japan
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17th | 50 km | 4:16:36 |
References
- ^ a b Jordi Llopart. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Jorge Llopart. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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