Jesús Ángel García

Jesús Ángel García

Personal information
Full name	Jesús Ángel García Bragado
Born	October 17, 1969
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	50km Race Walk
Medal record World Championships 1993 Stuttgart 50 km walk 1997 Athens 50 km walk 2001 Edmonton 50 km walk 2009 Berlin 50 km walk European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 50 km walk 2002 Munich 50 km walk

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.^[1] He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
20 km	1:23:00 hrs	A Coruña	20 Jun 2009
50 km	3:39:54 hrs	Poděbrady	20 Apr 1997

Olympic results

Olympic Games	Discipline	Place
1992 Barcelona	50km Walk	10
1996 Atlanta	50km Walk	DNF
2000 Sidney	50km Walk	12
2004 Athens	50km Walk	5
2008 Beijing	50km Walk	4
2012 London	50km Walk	19

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, England	5th	20 km	1:26:17
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	50 km	3:58:43
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	2nd	50 km	3:52:44
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	50 km	3:41:41
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	50 km	3:45:25
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	2nd	50 km	3:41:54
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	50 km	3:48:05
1996	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	1st	50 km	3:51:01
			1st	Team - 50 km	437 pts
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	—	50 km	DNF
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	1st	50 km	3:39:54
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	50 km	3:44:59
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	2nd	50 km	3:43:17
			1st	Team - 50 km	21 pts
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	—	50 km	DQ
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	4th	50 km	3:40:40
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	—	50 km	DNF
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	1st	50 km	3:42:51
			2nd	Team - 50 km	15 pts
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	12th	50 km	3:49:31
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	1st	50 km	3:44:26
			2nd	Team - 50 km	21 pts
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	50 km	3:43:07
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	50 km	3:44:33
	World Race Walking Cup	Torino, Italy	—	50 km	DQ
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	50 km	3:43:56
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	50 km	3:44:42
	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	6th	50 km	3:50:33
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	14th	20 km	1:24:05
			2nd	Team - 20 km	33 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	50 km	DSQ
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	50 km	3:42:48
	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	6th	50 km	3:46:11
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	6th	50 km	3:46:08
			2nd	Team - 50 km	23 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DQ
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	14th	50 km	3:52:31
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	4th	50 km	3:44:08
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	50 km	3:46:27
			2nd	Team - 50 km	13 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	50 km	3:41:37
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	5th	50 km	3:55:41
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	50 km	3:47:56
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	—	50 km	DQ
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	6th	50 km	3:48:15
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19th	50 km	3:48:32
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	11th	50 km	3:52:37
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th	50 km	3:46:44
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	20th	50 km	3:55:38
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	50 km	3:45:41
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	—	50 km	DQ
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th	50 km	3:46:43

References

1. Biografía de Jesús Ángel García (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 1 June 2015

External links

• Jesús Ángel García profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography