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Full name | Luis Fernando López Erazo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia | June 3, 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals |
2004 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) is a Colombian race walker. [1] [2]
López was introduced to athletics by his father, who was also a competitive race walker. [3] His uncle, Marcelino Pastrana, was a former Colombian national champion at the 800 m, and later became his coach. [3]
When he won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian. [3] He was declared the silver medalist in a photo finish at the 2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup 50 kilometers race walk, walking the same time as winner Claudio Villanueva, his personal best 3:51:35. [4]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luis Fernando López Erazo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia | June 3, 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic finals |
2004 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) is a Colombian race walker. [1] [2]
López was introduced to athletics by his father, who was also a competitive race walker. [3] His uncle, Marcelino Pastrana, was a former Colombian national champion at the 800 m, and later became his coach. [3]
When he won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian. [3] He was declared the silver medalist in a photo finish at the 2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup 50 kilometers race walk, walking the same time as winner Claudio Villanueva, his personal best 3:51:35. [4]