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 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman 120 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cerro Pelado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pedro Val | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban wrestler. He is a 5x world champion and 2x Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
López has represented Cuba at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing and London, and was his country's flagbearer during the opening ceremonies. In both competitions he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[1] 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
- ^ "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
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mijaín López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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