Miguel Ángel López Nicolás (born 3 July 1988) is a Spanish race walker. He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in 2013. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the 2016 Olympics, where he was one of 11 walkers who did not finish amid "punishingly hot and humid conditions".
Competition record Representing 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco6th10,000 m walk44:16.70European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania9th10,000 m walk42:49.722006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th10,000 m walk45:54.412007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands8th10,000 m walk42:36.602008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia35th20 km walk1:23:44Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile4th20 km walk1:24:52.512009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania1st20 km walk1:22:232010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico13th20 km walk1:24:32European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain13th20 km walk1:24:282011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea17th20 km walk1:23:412012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia42nd20 km walk1:25:31Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom5th20 km walk1:19:492013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia2nd20 km walk1:21:212014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China5th20 km walk1:19:21European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland1st20 km walk1:19:442015World Championships Beijing, China1st20 km walk1:19:142016World Race Walking CupRome, Italy33rd20 km walk1:22:46Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th20 km walk1:20:58 —50 km walkDNF2017World Championships London, United Kingdom10th20 km walk1:19:572018World Race Walking ChampionshipsTaicang, China5th20 km walk1:19:21European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th20 km walk1:19:272019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar26th20 km walk1:35:002021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan31st20 km1:27:122022World Race Walking ChampionshipsMuscat, Oman3rd35 km2:37:27World ChampionshipsEugene, United States10th35 km2:25:58European Athletics ChampionshipsMunich, Germany1st35 km2:26:49
References
External links
Miguel Ángel López at RFEA
Miguel Angel Lopez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
Miguel Ángel López – COE – Paris 2024