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Colombian racewalker
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
López and the second or maternal family name is
Erazo .
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 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: 3:51:35 hrs –
Lima , 14 May 2017
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
A 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
1st
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
2015
World Championships
Beijing , China
20th
50 km
3:55:43
References
External links
1966: 10 km walk (track)
1970 – present: 20 km walk (road)