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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.
Representing | ||||||
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1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 50 km | 3:53:29.9 |
1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 2nd | 50 km | 3:51:25 | ||
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | 50 km | 4:08:28 | |
1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 4th | 50 km | 3:52:57 | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th | 20 km | 1:27:49 | ||
— | 50 km | DNF | ||||
1984 | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 50 km | 4:03:09 | ||
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 8th | 50 km | 4:02:55 | |
1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 9th | 50 km | 3:52:12 | ||
1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 14th | 50 km | 3:55:35 | |
Rome, Italy | — | 50 km | DQ | |||
1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 13th | 50 km | 3:48:09 | ||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | — | 50 km | DNF | |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 17th | 50 km | 4:16:36 |