Luis Fernando López
Not to be confused with Luis Lopez (racewalker).
For the fictional GTAIV character, see List of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony characters § Luis Fernando Lopez.
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Full name | Luis Fernando López Erazo | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia | June 3, 1979||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals |
2004 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Erazo.
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]
Personal bests
Track walk
Road walk
- 10 km: 38:10 min – Beijing, 18 September 2010
- 20 km: 1:20:03 hrs – Berlin, 15 August 2009
- 50 km: 4:05:14 hrs – Taicang, 3 May 2014
Achievements
References
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 3 Clavelo, Javier; César Sandoval, Julio (27 July 2012). "Focus on Athletes - LUIS FERNANDO LOPEZ". www.iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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