Salvadoran racewalker
Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982) is a Salvadoran race walker. She was born in Ozatlán.[1] [2]
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 .[1] [3]
Personal bests [ edit ] Track walk [ edit ] Road walk [ edit ] Achievements [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing El Salvador 2000 World Junior Championships Santiago , Chile 20th 10,000 m 53:12.90 2001 Central American Junior Championships San Salvador , El Salvador 1st 5000 m track walk 23:19.27 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe , Argentina 1st 10,000 m track walk 51:41.9 Central American Games Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala 3rd 20 km 1:49:01 A 2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala , Guatemala 6th 20 km walk DNF 2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup Lima, Peru 1st 20 km walk 1:30:35 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau , Bahamas 1st 10,000 m 45:52.32 World Championships Helsinki, Finland — 20 km DSQ 2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña , Spain 31st 20 km road walk 1:35:36 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena , Colombia 1st 20 km walk 1:38:26 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup Balneário Camboriú , Brazil 1st 20 km walk 1:39:21 NACAC Championships San Salvador , El Salvador 1st 10,000 m 44:16.21 Pan American Games Rio , Brazil 1st 20 km 1:38:59 2009 Central American Championships Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala 1st 10 km 47:35.35 CR Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 3rd 10 km 49:30 Pan American Race Walking Cup San Salvador , El Salvador — 20 km road walk DNF World Championships Berlin, Germany 37th 20 km 1:47:33 2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua , México 40th 20 km road walk 1:45:43 2011 Central American Race Walking Cup San Salvador , El Salvador 3rd 20 km road walk 1:49:46 Central American Championships San José , Costa Rica 1st 10,000 m 49:48.36 2013 Central American Race Walking Cup Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala 1st 10 km road walk 55:48 Central American Games San José , Costa Rica 1st 20 km road walk 1:48:12 Pan American Race Walking Cup Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala 12th 20 km road walk 1:42:33 Central American Championships Managua , Nicaragua 1st 10,000 m track walk 47:47.62 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 4th 10,000 m 52:23.40 2014 Central American Race Walking Championships San Salvador , El Salvador 1st 10 km road walk 49:02 Central American Championships Tegucigalpa , Honduras 1st 10,000m track walk 49:18.36 Ibero-American Championships São Paulo , Brazil 9th 10,000m track walk 47:54.88 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa , México 7th 20 km road walk 1:57:00 A
References [ edit ] ^ a b Cristina López, marchando con paso firme , retrieved May 23, 2014 ^ Guillén, Gerardo (31 August 2007), Cristina López ya tiene casa propia Diario Co Latino , archived from the original on 23 May 2014, retrieved May 23, 2014 ^ López, Benjamín (25 July 2007), Cristina López se merece eso y mucho más Diario Co Latino , archived from the original on 23 May 2014, retrieved May 23, 2014 External links [ edit ]
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El Salvador
San Salvador, 13 July 2007
A Coruña, 4 June 2005
