Miguel Ángel López (athlete)

Miguel Ángel López
Medal record
Miguel Ángel López

Men's athletics
Competitor for Spain
World Championships
	2015 Beijing	20 km walk
	2013 Moscow	20 km walk
European Championships
	2014 Zürich	20 km walk
European Athletics U23 Championships
	2009 Kaunas	20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
	2006 La Coruña	10 km walk
European Race Walking Cup
	2015 Murcia	20 km walk
	2007 Leamington	10 km walk
	2013 Dudince	20 km walk

Miguel Ángel López (born 3 July 1988 in Murcia) is a Spanish racewalker.^[1]^[2] He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth. He won the bronze medal in the 2013 World Championship in Moscow.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	11th	10 km walk	43:47
	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	6th	10,000 m walk	44:16.70
	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	9th	10,000 m walk	42:49.72
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	2nd	10 km walk	41:41
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	14th	10,000 m walk	45:54.41
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	2nd	10 km walk	40:49
	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	2nd	Team - 10 km Junior	6 pts
	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	8th	10,000 m walk	42:36.60
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	35th	20 km walk	1:23:44
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	20,000 m walk	1:24:52.51
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	13th	20 km walk	1:29:23
	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	Team - 20 km	30 pts
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	20 km walk	1:22:23
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	13th	20 km walk	1:24:32
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	13th	20 km walk	1:24:28
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	6th	20 km walk	1:24:37
	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	1st	Team - 20 km	26 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	17th	20 km walk	1:23:41
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	42nd	20 km walk	1:25:31
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	5th	20 km walk	1:19:49
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	2nd	20 km walk	1:21:48
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	20 km walk	1:21:21
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	5th	20 km walk	1:19:21
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	20 km walk	1:19:44
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	1st	20 km	1:19:52
	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	4th	20 km - Team	57 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	20 km walk	1:19:14

References

↑ Miguel Ángel López profile at IAAF
↑ Historial deportivo de Miguel Ángel López - RFEA.es (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 4 June 2015

World Champions in Men's 20 km Walk

1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
1987: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1991: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1993: Valentí Massana (ESP)
1995: Michele Didoni (ITA)
1997: Daniel García (MEX)
1999: Ilya Markov (RUS)
2001: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2005: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
2011: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
2013: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)
2015: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)

European Champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk

1958: Stan Vickers (GBR)
1962: Ken Matthews (GBR)
1966: Dieter Lindner (GDR)
1969: Paul Nihill (GBR)
1971: Nikolay Smaga (URS)
1974: Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)
1978: Roland Wieser (GDR)
1982: José Marín (ESP)
1986: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
1994: Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)
1998: Ilya Markov (RUS)
2002–06: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
2010: Stanislav Emelyanov (RUS)
2014: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)

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