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Luis Fernando López (racewalker)

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Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) is a Colombian race walker.[1][2]

Luis Fernando López
Personal information
Full nameLuis Fernando López Erazo
Born (1979-06-03) June 3, 1979 (age 45)
San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's athletics
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2011 Daegu20 km walk
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2011 Guadalajara20 km walk
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Sucre20 km walk

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

Track walk

  • 10,000 m: 40:33.87 min – Catania, 6 December 2003
  • 20,000 m: 1:20:53.6 hrs (ht) – Lima, 21 June 2009

Road walk

  • 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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Colombia
1998South American Junior ChampionshipsCórdoba, Argentina2nd10,000 m44:18.66
2001South American Race Walking Championships/
Pan American Race Walking Cup		Cuenca, Ecuador—20 km road walkDQ
2003Pan American Race Walking CupChula Vista, California, United States9th20 km road walk1:27:15
Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4th20 km1:27:32
2004South American Race Walking ChampionshipsLos Ángeles, Chile2nd20 km road walk1:22:52
World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany38th20 km road walk1:24:00
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece24th20 km1:26:34
2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru2nd20 km1:20:26
South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd20,000 m1:23:43.2
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12th20 km1:22:28
Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia4th20 km road walk1:25:01
2006South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia2nd20 km road walk1:27:16
World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain—20 km road walkDQ
Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia1st20 km1:24:20
2007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil3rd20 km1:25:25
Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil—20 kmDQ
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan22nd20 km1:27:22
2008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador1st20 km road walk1:24:38
World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia23rd20 km road walk1:22:25
Olympic GamesBeijing, PR China9th20 km1:20:59
2009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador1st20 km1:22:18
South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st20,000 m1:20:53.6
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th20 km1:20:03
Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia1st20 km1:28.09 A
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, México4th20 km road walk1:23:11
Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico2nd20 km1:22:55
2011Pan American Race Walking CupEnvigado, Colombia1st20 km road walk1:25:04
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea1st20 km1:20:38
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico3rd20 km1:22.51
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia49th20 km road walk1:26:14
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom–20 kmDQ
2013Pan American Race Walking CupCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemala21st20 km road walk1:34:13
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia—20 km road walkDNF
2014World Race Walking ChallengeChihuahua, México12th20 km road walk1:26:07
World Race Walking CupTaicang, China34th50 km road walk4:05:14
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China20th50 km3:55:43

References

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