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 |
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| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (290 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman 120 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cerro Pelado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pedro Val | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban wrestler. He is a five-time world champion, four-time champion of Pan American Games and three-time Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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.
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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 people of African descent
- Cuban sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Cuba
- 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
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Cuban Olympic medalist stubs
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- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Pan American Games gold medalists
