Cristina López (racewalker)
Salvadoran racewalker
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Full name | Cristina Esmeralda López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 (age 41) Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Women's Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 6 January 2015 |
Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982) is a Salvadoran race walker. She was born in Ozatlán.[1][2]
When she won the gold medal at the Pan American Games, she made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the games. Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing medical treatment for cancer.[1][3] Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the second place.
Personal bests
Track walk
- 10,000 m: 44:16.21 min –
San Salvador, 13 July 2007
Road walk
- 10 km: 49:02 min –
San Salvador, 30 March 2014
- 20 km: 1:30:08 hrs –
A Coruña, 4 June 2005
Achievements
References
- ^ a b Cristina López, marchando con paso firme (in Spanish), mediotiempo.com, 21 June 2007, retrieved May 23, 2014
- ^ Guillén, Gerardo (31 August 2007), Cristina López ya tiene casa propia (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, archived from the original on 23 May 2014, retrieved May 23, 2014
- ^ López, Benjamín (25 July 2007), Cristina López se merece eso y mucho más (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, archived from the original on 23 May 2014, retrieved May 23, 2014
External links
- Cristina López at World Athletics
- v
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- 1987:
María Colín (MEX)
- 1991:
Graciela Mendoza (MEX)
- 1995:
Graciela Mendoza (MEX)
- 1999:
Graciela Mendoza (MEX)
- 2003:
Victoria Palacios (MEX)
- 2007:
Cristina López (ESA)
- 2011:
Jamy Franco (GUA)
- 2015:
Lupita González (MEX)
- 2019:
Sandra Arenas (COL)
- 2023:
Kimberly García (PER)