Cristina López

Cristina López

Personal information
Full name	Cristina Esmeralda López
Born	(1982-09-19) September 19, 1982 Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	El Salvador
Sport	Women's Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  El Salvador Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro 20 km NACAC Championships Gold 2007 San Salvador 10 km Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 2006 Cartagena 20 km Central American and Caribbean Championships Gold 2005 Nassau 10 km Bronze 2009 Havana 10 km Central American Games Gold 2013 San José 20 km Bronze 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 20 km Central American Championships Gold 2011 San José 10 km Gold 2009 Ciudad de Guatemala 10 km
Updated on 17 September 2012.

Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982 in Ozatlán) is an Salvadoran race walker.

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.^{[citation needed]} Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the second place.

Achievements

Representing  El Salvador
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	20th	10,000 m	53:12.90
2001	Central American Games	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	3rd	20 km	1:49:01 A
2005	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lima, Peru	1st	20 km	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	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	20 km	1:38:26
2007	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Balneário Camboriú, Brazil	1st	20 km	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
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	37th	20 km	1:47:33
2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	10,000 m	49:48.36
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	4th	10,000 m	52:23.40

References

• Cristina López profile at IAAF