Mijaín López
 López (left) at the 2009 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mijaín López Núñez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Kid, The Terrible' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 August 1982 Pinar del Río, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 131.5 kg (290 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cerro Pelado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pedro Val | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and four-time Champion of Pan American Games.
Career[edit]
López has represented Cuba at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing and London, and was his country's flag bearer during the opening ceremonies. In both competitions he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[1] At the 2016 Rio Games, López won Gold in the 130 kg category.
On 18 October 2010 Mijaín López was rumoured to have defected and be training in Miami for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), however, Eric Castanos, the coach he was rumoured to be training with, contradicted these rumours, stating that Mijaín López is still in Cuba and has never mentioned anything to him about defecting.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cuba's Lopez wins 120kg greco-roman wrestling gold". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Cuban wrestler Mijain (sic) Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.
External links[edit]
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| Preceded by Iván Pedroso |
Flagbearer for  CubaBeijing 2008 London 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Pinar del Río
- Cuban male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Cuba
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Cuban people of African descent
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Universiade medalists in wrestling
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
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