Jesús Ángel García Explained

Jesús Ángel García
Nationality:Spanish
Full Name:Jesús Ángel García Bragado
Birth Date:1969 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Height:1.72 m
Weight:64 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:50km Race Walk

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.[1] He has competed at eight Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever in athletics.[2] [3] He was married to gymnast Carmen Acedo. He retired in 2021 after the Tokyo Olympics.

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
20 km 1:23:00 hrs 20 June 2009
50 km 3:39:54 hrs 20 April 1997

Olympic results

Olympic GamesDisciplinePlace
1992 Barcelona10
1996 AtlantaDNF
2000 Sydney12
2004 Athens5
2008 Beijing4
2012 London19
2016 Rio de Janeiro20
2020 Tokyo35

Achievements

Representing
1991Sheffield, United Kingdom5th20 km1:26:17
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain10th50 km3:58:43
1993Monterrey, Mexico2nd50 km3:52:44
Stuttgart, Germany1st50 km3:41:41
1994Helsinki, Finland4th50 km3:45:25
1995Beijing, China2nd50 km3:41:54
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th50 km3:48:05
1996European Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain1st50 km3:51:01
bgcolor=gold1stTeam - 50 km437 pts
Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States—50 kmDNF
1997Poděbrady, Czech Republic1st50 km3:39:54
Athens, Greece2nd50 km3:44:59
1998Dudince, Slovakia2nd50 km3:43:17
bgcolor=gold1stTeam - 50 km21 pts
Budapest, Hungary—50 kmDQ
1999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France4th50 km3:40:40
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain—50 kmDNF
2000European Race Walking CupEisenhüttenstadt, Germany1st50 km3:42:51
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam - 50 km15 pts
Sydney, Australia12th50 km3:49:31
2001 European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia1st50 km3:44:26
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam - 50 km21 pts
Edmonton, Canada2nd50 km3:43:07
2002Munich, Germany3rd50 km3:44:33
World Race Walking CupTorino, Italy—50 kmDQ
2003Paris, France6th50 km3:43:56
2004Athens, Greece5th50 km3:44:42
World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany6th50 km3:50:33
2005European Race Walking CupMiskolc, Hungary14th20 km1:24:05
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam - 20 km33 pts
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—50 kmDSQ
2006Gothenburg, Sweden2nd50 km3:42:48
A Coruña, Spain6th50 km3:46:11
2007European Race Walking CupRoyal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom6th50 km3:46:08
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam - 50 km23 pts
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan—50 kmDQ
2008Cheboksary, Russia14th50 km3:52:31
Olympic GamesBeijing, China4th50 km3:44:08
2009European Race Walking CupMetz, France2nd50 km3:46:27
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam - 50 km13 pts
Berlin, Germanybgcolor=silver2nd50 km3:41:37
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico5th50 km3:55:41
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th50 km3:47:56
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea—50 kmDQ
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia6th50 km3:48:15
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom19th50 km3:48:32
2013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia11th50 km3:52:37
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia12th50 km3:46:44
2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China20th50 km3:55:38
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland8th50 km3:45:41
2015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain—50 kmDQ
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China9th50 km3:46:43
2016World Race Walking Team Champ.Rome, Italy—50 kmDNF
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil20th50 km3:54:29
2018World Race Walking Team Champ.Taicang, China18th50 km3:53:48
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8th50 km4:11:28
2021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan35th50 km4:10:03

External links


Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografía de Jesús Ángel García . . es . 1 June 2015 . 14 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091214075150/http://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/personas/almacen/garciajesusang.pdf . dead.
  2. Web site: Jesús Ángel García . . es . 20 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919124317/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=angel-garcia-jesus/index.html . 2016-09-19.
  3. Jesús Ángel García . https://web.archive.org/web/20090705000806/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jesus-angel-garcia-1.html . 2009-07-05 . dead . Full name: Jesús Ángel García Bragado.

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