Cristina López (race walker)

Cristina López
Personal information
Full nameCristina Esmeralda López
Born (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982
Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country El Salvador
SportWomen's Athletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  El Salvador
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 20 km
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 San Salvador 10 km
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 20 km
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Nassau 10 km
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Havana 10 km
Central American Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 San José 20 km
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 20 km
Central American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Ciudad de Guatemala 10 km
Gold medal – first place 2011 San José 10 km
Updated on 6 January 2015

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

Track walk

Road walk

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  El Salvador
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 20th 10,000 m 53:12.90
2001 Central American Junior Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 5000 m track walk 23:19.27
Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 1st 10,000 m track walk 51:41.9
Central American Games Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 3rd 20 km 1:49:01 A
2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala, Guatemala 6th 20 km walk DNF
2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup Lima, Peru 1st 20 km walk 1:30:35
Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 10,000 m 45:52.32
World Championships Helsinki, Finland — 20 km DSQ
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 31st 20 km road walk 1:35:36
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st 20 km walk 1:38:26
2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup Balneário Camboriú, Brazil 1st 20 km walk 1:39:21
NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10,000 m 44:16.21
Pan American Games Rio, Brazil 1st 20 km 1:38:59
2009 Central American Championships Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st 10 km 47:35.35 CR
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 3rd 10 km 49:30
Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador — 20 km road walk DNF
World Championships Berlin, Germany 37th 20 km 1:47:33
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 40th 20 km road walk 1:45:43
2011 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd 20 km road walk 1:49:46
Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 10,000 m 49:48.36
2013 Central American Race Walking Cup Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st 10 km road walk 55:48
Central American Games San José, Costa Rica 1st 20 km road walk 1:48:12
Pan American Race Walking Cup Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 12th 20 km road walk 1:42:33
Central American Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st 10,000 m track walk 47:47.62
Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 4th 10,000 m 52:23.40
2014 Central American Race Walking Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 10 km road walk 49:02
Central American Championships Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1st 10,000m track walk 49:18.36
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 9th 10,000m track walk 47:54.88
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 7th 20 km road walk 1:57:00 A

References

  1. ^ a b Cristina López, marchando con paso firme (in Spanish), mediotiempo.com, 21 June 2007, retrieved May 23, 2014
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
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