Miguel Ángel López (racewalker)
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Full name | Miguel Ángel López Nicolás | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 July 1988 Murcia, Spain | (age 35)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Miguel Ángel López Nicolás (born 3 July 1988 in
racewalker.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in 2013. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the 2016 Olympics.[1]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Spain | |||||
2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco
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6th | 10,000 m walk | 44:16.70 |
European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania
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9th | 10,000 m walk | 42:49.72 | |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China
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14th | 10,000 m walk | 45:54.41 |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands
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8th | 10,000 m walk | 42:36.60 |
2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia
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35th | 20 km walk | 1:23:44 |
Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile
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4th | 20 km walk | 1:24:52.51 | |
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:22:23 |
2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico
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13th | 20 km walk | 1:24:32 |
European Championships | Barcelona, Spain
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13th | 20 km walk | 1:24:28 | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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17th | 20 km walk | 1:23:41 |
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 42nd | 20 km walk | 1:25:31 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
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5th | 20 km walk | 1:19:49 | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:21:21 |
2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:19:21 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland
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1st | 20 km walk | 1:19:44 | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:19:14 |
2016 | World Race Walking Cup
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Rome, Italy
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33rd | 20 km walk | 1:22:46
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Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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11th | 20 km walk | 1:20:58 | |
— | 50 km walk | DNF | |||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th | 20 km walk | 1:19:57 |
2018 | World Race Walking Championships
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Taicang, China | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:19:21
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European Championships | Berlin, Germany
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6th | 20 km walk | 1:19:27 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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26th | 20 km walk | 1:35:00 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan
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31st | 20 km | 1:27:12 |
2022 | World Race Walking Championships | Muscat, Oman
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3rd | 35 km | 2:37:27 |
World Championships
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Eugene, United States | 10th | 35 km | 2:25:58 | |
European Athletics Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | 35 km | 2:26:49 |
References
- ^ a b Miguel Ángel López at World Athletics
- Real Federación Española de Atletismo. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
External links
- Miguel Ángel López at World Athletics
- Miguel Ángel López at Olympics.com
- Miguel Ángel López at Olympedia
- Miguel Ángel López at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)