Mijaín López
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.
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| Full name | Mijaín López Núñez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Kid, The Terrible' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 August 1982 Pinar del Río, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman 120 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cerro Pelado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pedro Val | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban wrestler. He is a 5x world champion and 2x Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
López has represented Cuba at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing and London, and was his country's flagbearer during the opening ceremonies. In both competitions he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[1] On 18 October 2010 Mijaín López was rumoured to have defected and be training in Miami for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), however, Eric Castanos, the coach he was rumoured to be training with contradicted these rumours, stating that Mijaín López is still in Cuba and has never mentioned anything to him about defecting.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cuba's Lopez wins 120kg greco-roman wrestling gold". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Cuban wrestler Mijain (sic) Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mijaín López. |
- "Mijaín López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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| Preceded by Iván Pedroso |
Flagbearer for  CubaBeijing 2008 London 2012 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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