Luis Fernando López (racewalker)
Colombian racewalker (born 1979)
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2016 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Representing ![]() | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
World Championship | ||
![]() | 2011 Daegu | 20 km walk |
Pan American Games | ||
![]() | 2011 Guadalajara | 20 km walk |
Bolivarian Games | ||
![]() | 2009 Sucre | 20 km walk |
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
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: 3:51:35 hrs –
Lima, 14 May 2017
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
- ^ 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
- 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
- v
- t
- e
- 1966: 10 km walk (track)
- 1970 – present: 20 km walk (road)
- 1966: José Pedraza (MEX)
- 1970: Eladio Campos (MEX)
- 1974: Raúl González (MEX)
- 1978: Daniel Bautista (MEX)
- 1982 – 1990: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
- 1993 – 1998: Daniel García (MEX)
- 2002: Alejandro López (MEX)
- 2006: Luis Fernando López (COL)
- 2010: Eder Sánchez (MEX)
- 2014: Horacio Nava (MEX)
- 2018: Éider Arévalo (COL)