Cristina López (racewalker)
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| Full name | Cristina Esmeralda López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 19, 1982 Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982 in Ozatlán) is a Salvadoran race walker.[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[edit]
Track walk[edit]
- 10,000 m: 44:16.21 min –
San Salvador, 13 July 2007
Road walk[edit]
- 10 km: 49:02 min – San Salvador, 30 March 2014
- 20 km: 1:30:08 hrs –
A Coruña, 4 June 2005
Achievements[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Salvadoran female racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for El Salvador
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for El Salvador
- Central American Games gold medalists for El Salvador
- Central American Games medalists in athletics
- Central American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games