Luis Fernando López (racewalker)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Fernando López Erazo |
| Born | June 3, 1979 San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia |
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | |
Medal record | |
Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) is a Colombian race walker.[1][2]
López was introduced to athletics by his father, who was also a competitive race walker.[3] His uncle, Marcelino Pastrana, was a former Colombian national champion at the 800 m, and later became his coach.[3]
When he won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian.[3] He was declared the silver medalist in a photo finish at the 2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup 50 kilometers race walk, walking the same time as winner Claudio Villanueva, his personal best 3:51:35.[4]
Personal bests
[edit]Track walk
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Road walk
[edit]- 10 km: 38:10 min –
Beijing, 18 September 2010 - 20 km: 1:20:03 hrs –
Berlin, 15 August 2009 - 50 km: 3:51:35 hrs –
Lima, 14 May 2017
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Biografía - LOPEZ Luis Fernando (in Spanish), retrieved May 16, 2014
- ^ Luis Fernando marcha hacia el podio (in Spanish), La Patria, Bogotá, retrieved May 16, 2014
- ^ a b c Clavelo, Javier; César Sandoval, Julio (27 July 2012). "Focus on Athletes - LUIS FERNANDO LOPEZ". www.iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ "[Resultados] Final de fotografía dio a Ecuador la victoria en los 50kms. [sic]". Facebook. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Luis Fernando López at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luis Fernando López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Tilastopaja biography
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Colombian male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Colombia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Nariño Department
- 20th-century Colombian people
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics