Luis Fernando López (race walker)
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 bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian.[3]
Personal bests
Track walk
- 10,000 m: 40:33.87 min –
Catania, 6 December 2003
- 20,000 m: 1:20:53.6 hrs (ht) –
Lima, 21 June 2009
Road walk
- 10 km: 38:10 min –
Beijing, 18 September 2010
- 20 km: 1:20:03 hrs –
Berlin, 15 August 2009
- 50 km: 4:05:14 hrs –
Taicang, 3 May 2014
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes |
Representing the Colombia |
1998 |
South American Junior Championships |
Córdoba, Argentina |
2nd |
10,000 m |
44:18.66 |
2001 |
South American Race Walking Championships/ Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Cuenca, Ecuador |
— |
20 km road walk |
DQ |
2003 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Chula Vista, California, United States |
9th |
20 km road walk |
1:27:15 |
Pan American Games |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
4th |
20 km |
1:27:32 |
2004 |
South American Race Walking Championships |
Los Ángeles, Chile |
2nd |
20 km road walk |
1:22:52 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Naumburg, Germany |
38th |
20 km road walk |
1:24:00 |
Olympic Games |
Athens, Greece |
24th |
20 km |
1:26:34 |
2005 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Lima, Peru |
2nd |
20 km |
1:20:26 |
South American Championships |
Cali, Colombia |
3rd |
20,000 m |
1:23:43.2 |
World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
12th |
20 km |
1:22:28 |
Bolivarian Games |
Armenia, Colombia |
4th |
20 km road walk |
1:25:01 |
2006 |
South American Race Walking Championships |
Cochabamba, Bolivia |
2nd |
20 km road walk |
1:27:16 |
World Race Walking Cup |
La Coruña, Spain |
— |
20 km road walk |
DQ |
Central American and Caribbean Games |
Cartagena, Colombia |
1st |
20 km |
1:24:20 |
2007 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Balneário Camboriú, Brazil |
3rd |
20 km |
1:25:25 |
Pan American Games |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
— |
20 km |
DQ |
World Championships |
Osaka, Japan |
22nd |
20 km |
1:27:22 |
2008 |
South American Race Walking Championships |
Cuenca, Ecuador |
1st |
20 km road walk |
1:24:38 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Cheboksary, Russia |
23rd |
20 km road walk |
1:22:25 |
Olympic Games |
Beijing, PR China |
9th |
20 km |
1:20:59 |
2009 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
1st |
20 km |
1:22:18 |
South American Championships |
Lima, Peru |
1st |
20,000 m |
1:20:53.6 |
World Championships |
Berlin, Germany |
5th |
20 km |
1:20:03 |
Bolivarian Games |
Sucre, Bolivia |
1st |
20 km |
1:28.09 A |
2010 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Chihuahua, México |
4th |
20 km road walk |
1:23:11 |
Central American and Caribbean Games |
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
2nd |
20 km |
1:22:55 |
2011 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Envigado, Colombia |
1st |
20 km road walk |
1:25:04 |
World Championships |
Daegu, South Korea |
3rd |
20 km |
1:20:38 |
Pan American Games |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
3rd |
20 km |
1:22.51 |
2012 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Saransk, Russia |
49th |
20 km road walk |
1:26:14 |
Olympic Games |
London, United Kingdom |
– |
20 km |
DQ |
2013 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup |
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala |
21st |
20 km road walk |
1:34:13 |
World Championships |
Moscow, Russia |
— |
20 km road walk |
DNF |
2014 |
World Race Walking Challenge |
Chihuahua, México |
12th |
20 km road walk |
1:26:07 |
World Race Walking Cup |
Taicang, China |
34th |
50 km road walk |
4:05:14 |
References
External links
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- 1966: 10 km walk (track)
- 1970 – present: 20 km walk (road)
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