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] 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
| 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
- ^ a b
Cristina López, marchando con paso firme (in Spanish), mediotiempo.com, 21 June 2007, retrieved May 23, 2014
- ^
Guillén, Gerardo (31 August 2007), Cristina López ya tiene casa propia (in Spanish), 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 (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, archived from the original on 23 May 2014, retrieved May 23, 2014
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