Cristina López (racewalker) explained

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Cristina López
Fullname:Cristina Esmeralda López
Birth Date:19 September 1982
Birth Place:Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador
Weight:51kg (112lb)
Country:
Sport:Women's Athletics
Event:Racewalking
Updated:6 January 2015

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

She made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the Pan American Games. At the time, Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing treatment for cancer. Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Personal bests

Track walk

Road walk

Achievements

Representing
2000Santiago, Chile20th10,000 m53:12.90
2001Central American Junior ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=gold1st5000 m track walk23:19.27
Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentinabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m track walk51:41.9
Central American GamesCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemala3rd20 km1:49:01 A
2002Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala, Guatemala6th20 km walkDNF
2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru1st20 km walk1:30:35
Nassau, Bahamas1st10,000 m45:52.32
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland - 20 kmDSQ
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain31st20 km road walk1:35:36
Cartagena, Colombia1st20 km walk1:38:26
2007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil1st20 km walk1:39:21
NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador1st10,000 m44:16.21
Rio, Brazil1st20 km1:38:59
2009Central American ChampionshipsCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemalabgcolor=gold1st10 km47:35.35 CR
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba3rd10 km49:30
Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador20 km road walkDNF
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany37th20 km1:47:33
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, México40th20 km road walk1:45:43
2011Central American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador3rd20 km road walk1:49:46
Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Ricabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m49:48.36
2013Central American Race Walking CupCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemalabgcolor=gold1st10 km road walk55:48
Central American GamesSan José, Costa Ricabgcolor=gold1st20 km road walk1:48:12
Pan American Race Walking CupCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemala12th20 km road walk1:42:33
Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaraguabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m track walk47:47.62
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico4th10,000 m52:23.40
2014Central American Race Walking ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=gold1st10 km road walk49:02
Central American ChampionshipsTegucigalpa, Hondurasbgcolor=gold1st10,000m track walk49:18.36
Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil9th10,000m track walk47:54.88
Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, México7th20 km road walk1:57:00 A

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