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Spanish racewalker
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Molina and the second or maternal family name is
Morote.
Juan Manuel Molina Morote (born March 15, 1979, in
Cieza, Murcia) is a male former
race walker from
Spain. He represented Spain at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. His foremost achievement was a
bronze medal in the
20 km walk event at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics. He competed at seven consecutive editions of the
IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first appearing in 1999 and making his last outing in 2012.
He emerged in 2001 with a win at the
2001 European Athletics U23 Championships and second place at the
2001 Summer Universiade. He established himself on the senior circuit with a bronze medal at the
2002 European Athletics Championships. He was fifth at the
2004 Athens Olympics and won a series of medals in 2005, including silver medals at the
European Race Walking Cup and
Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the
Summer Universiade. His last major medal on the continental scene came at the
Mediterranean Games, where he was the 20 km walk bronze medallist.
He retired from the sport, citing a long-term hamstring injury, after dropping out mid-race in the 50 km at the
2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
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Nowadays he is a sport professor of UCAM (University of Murcia)
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing
Spain
|
1998
|
World Junior Championships
|
Annecy,
France
|
4th
|
10,000 m
|
42:09.75
|
1999
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Mézidon-Canon,
France
|
33rd
|
20 km
|
1:27:00
|
European U23 Championships
|
Gothenburg,
Sweden
|
4th
|
20 km
|
1:25.34
|
2001
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Dudince,
Slovakia
|
10th
|
20 km
|
1:21:51
|
2nd
|
Team - 20 km
|
34 pts
|
European U23 Championships
|
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
|
1st
|
20 km
|
1:23:03
|
Universiade
|
Beijing,
PR China
|
2nd
|
20 km
|
1:25:07
|
2002
|
European Championships
|
Munich,
Germany
|
3rd
|
20 km
|
1:20:36
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Turin,
Italy
|
8th
|
20 km
|
1:23:46
|
2004
|
Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
5th
|
20 km
|
1:20:55
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Naumburg,
Germany
|
8th
|
20 km
|
1:20:29
|
2005
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Miskolc,
Hungary
|
2nd
|
20 km
|
1:20:54
|
2nd
|
Team - 20 km
|
33 pts
|
World Championships
|
Helsinki,
Finland
|
3rd
|
20 km
|
1:19:44
|
Universiade
|
İzmir,
Turkey
|
1st
|
20 km
|
1:24:06
|
Mediterranean Games
|
Almería, Spain
|
2nd
|
20 km
|
1:24:11
|
2006
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
A Coruña,
Spain
|
12th
|
20 km
|
1:21:09
|
2007
|
World Championships
|
Osaka, Japan
|
16th
|
20 km
|
1:26:26
|
2008
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Cheboksary,
Russia
|
8th
|
20 km
|
1:19:19
|
Olympic Games
|
Beijing,
PR China
|
12th
|
20 km
|
1:21:25
|
2009
|
European Race Walking Cup
|
Metz,
France
|
6th
|
20 km
|
1:25:58
|
2nd
|
Team - 20 km
|
30 pts
|
Mediterranean Games
|
Pescara, Italy
|
3rd
|
20 km
|
1:23:02
|
World Championships
|
Berlin, Germany
|
24th
|
20 km
|
1:24:00
|
2010
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Chihuahua, Mexico
|
22nd
|
50 km
|
4:06:08
|
European Championships
|
Barcelona,
Spain
|
8th
|
20 km
|
1:22:35
|
2012
|
World Race Walking Cup
|
Saransk,
Russia
|
—
|
50 km
|
DNF
|
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