Jesús Ángel García Bragado

Jesús Ángel García Bragado
Personal information
Full name Jesús Ángel García Bragado
Born (1969-10-17) October 17, 1969
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 50km Race Walk
Medal record
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart 50 km walk
1997 Athens 50 km walk
2001 Edmonton 50 km walk
2009 Berlin 50 km walk
European Championships
2006 Gothenburg 50 km walk
2002 Munich 50 km walk

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.[1] He has competed at seven Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever by a male track and field athlete.[2] He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
20 km 1:23:00 hrs Spain A Coruña 20 Jun 2009
50 km 3:39:54 hrs Czech Republic Poděbrady 20 Apr 1997

Olympic results

Olympic Games Discipline Place
Spain 1992 Barcelona 50km Walk 10
United States 1996 Atlanta 50km Walk DNF
Australia 2000 Sydney 50km Walk 12
Greece 2004 Athens 50km Walk 5
China 2008 Beijing 50km Walk 4
United Kingdom 2012 London 50km Walk 19
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50km Walk 20

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 5th 20 km 1:26:17
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 10th 50 km 3:58:43
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 2nd 50 km 3:52:44
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st 50 km 3:41:41
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 50 km 3:45:25
1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 2nd 50 km 3:41:54
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 50 km 3:48:05
1996 European Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 1st 50 km 3:51:01
1st Team - 50 km 437 pts
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States — 50 km DNF
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 1st 50 km 3:39:54
World Championships Athens, Greece 2nd 50 km 3:44:59
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 2nd 50 km 3:43:17
1st Team - 50 km 21 pts
European Championships Budapest, Hungary — 50 km DQ
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 4th 50 km 3:40:40
World Championships Seville, Spain — 50 km DNF
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 1st 50 km 3:42:51
2nd Team - 50 km 15 pts
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th 50 km 3:49:31
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 1st 50 km 3:44:26
2nd Team - 50 km 21 pts
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd 50 km 3:43:07
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 50 km 3:44:33
World Race Walking Cup Torino, Italy — 50 km DQ
2003 World Championships Paris, France 6th 50 km 3:43:56
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th 50 km 3:44:42
World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 6th 50 km 3:50:33
2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 14th 20 km 1:24:05
2nd Team - 20 km 33 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland — 50 km DSQ
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 50 km 3:42:48
World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 6th 50 km 3:46:11
2007 European Race Walking Cup Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom 6th 50 km 3:46:08
2nd Team - 50 km 23 pts
World Championships Osaka, Japan — 50 km DQ
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 14th 50 km 3:52:31
Olympic Games Beijing, China 4th 50 km 3:44:08
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 2nd 50 km 3:46:27
2nd Team - 50 km 13 pts
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 50 km 3:41:37
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 5th 50 km 3:55:41
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 50 km 3:47:56
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea — 50 km DQ
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 6th 50 km 3:48:15
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 19th 50 km 3:48:32
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 11th 50 km 3:52:37
World Championships Moscow, Russia 12th 50 km 3:46:44
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 20th 50 km 3:55:38
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 8th 50 km 3:45:41
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain — 50 km DQ
World Championships Beijing, China 9th 50 km 3:46:43

References

  1. ↑ Biografía de Jesús Ángel García (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 1 June 2015
  2. ↑ Jesús Ángel García (in Spanish), NBC, retrieved 20 August 2016


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