Daniel Plaza

Daniel Plaza
Personal information
Born (1966-07-03) 3 July 1966
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportRace walking
ClubValencia CA; Sideco; CEMA Prat; La Seda
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Plaza and the second or maternal family name is Montero.

Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.

Career

Plaza won a gold medal in the 20 km walk event at the 1992 Olympic Games in his native Barcelona by beating Guillaume LeBlanc by a second becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.[1]

He also won a silver medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split and bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
1988 Ibero-American Championships Ciudad de México, México 3rd 20 km 1:27:23.0 A
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 12th 20 km 1:21:53
1989 World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 11th 20 km 1:22:09
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 2nd 20 km 1:22:22
Ibero-American Championships Manaus, Brazil — 20 km DQ
1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 4th 20 km 1:21:00
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st 20 km 1:21:45
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 6th 20 km 1:24:52
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 20 km 1:23:18
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland — 20 km DQ
1996 European Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 2nd 20 km 1:21:47
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 11th 20 km 1:22:05

Controversy

Plaza was cleared of a nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court in 2006.[2]

References

  1. ^ Daniel Plaza. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014
  2. ^ Plaza overturns 10-year-old ban. BBC Sport (10 July 2006). Retrieved 26 January 2014


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