Cristina López (racewalker)
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| Full name | Cristina Esmeralda López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 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) is a Salvadoran race walker. She was born in Ozatlán.[1][2]
She made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the Pan American Games. At the time, Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing treatment for cancer.[1][3] Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
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
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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