Jorge Llopart Explained

Jordi Llopart Ribas
Birth Date:5 May 1952
Birth Place:El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
Death Place:Badalona, Spain
Height:167 cm
Weight:63 kg
Country:Spain
Sport:Athletics
Event:Race walking
Pb:50 kmW – 3:44:33 (1989)
Club:GCR La Seda
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Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish race walker.

He competed in the 50 km event at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1980. The silver medal was Spain's first ever medal in athletics.[1] Llopart was a European champion in this event in 1978.

Achievements

Representing
1978European ChampionshipsPrague, Czechoslovakiabgcolor=gold1st50 km3:53:29.9
1980Moscow, Soviet Union2nd50 km3:51:25
1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece6th50 km4:08:28
1983World Race Walking CupBergen, Norway4th50 km3:52:57
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland28th20 km1:27:49
50 kmDNF
1984Los Angeles, United States7th50 km4:03:09
1985World Race Walking CupSt John's, Isle of Man8th50 km4:02:55
1986Stuttgart, West Germany9th50 km3:52:12
1987World Race Walking CupNew York City, United States14th50 km3:55:35
Rome, Italy50 kmDQ
1988Seoul, South Korea13th50 km3:48:09
1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia50 kmDNF
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan17th50 km4:16:36

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies . World Athletics . 31 July 2021.