Cristina López (racewalker)
Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982 in Ozatlán) is an Salvadoran race walker.[1][2]
When she won the gold medal at the Pan American Games, she made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the games. Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing medical treatment for cancer.[1][3] Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the second place.
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 |
20km walk |
DNF |
| 2005 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Lima, Peru |
1st |
20km 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 |
La Coruña, Spain |
31st |
20km road walk |
1:35:36 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games |
Cartagena, Colombia |
1st |
20km walk |
1:38:26 |
| 2007 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Balneário Camboriú, Brazil |
1st |
20km 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 |
— |
20km 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 |
10km 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 |
20km road walk |
1:57:00 A |
References
- 1 2 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, retrieved May 23, 2014
- ↑ López, Benjamín (25 July 2007), Cristina López se merece eso y mucho más (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, retrieved May 23, 2014
External links
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- 1987–1995: 10 km walk
- 1999–present: 20 km walk
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La Coruña, 4 June 2005