Luis Fernando López (racewalker)
Personal information | |
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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 (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
[edit]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