Luis Fernando Lopez

About Luis Fernando Lopez

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he made his Olympic debut as a race walker.

Luis Fernando López Erazo is a Colombian race walker. López was introduced to athletics by his father, who was also a competitive race walker. His uncle, Marcelino Pastrana, was a former Colombian national champion at the 800 m, and later became his coach. When he won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian. He was declared the silver medalist in a photo finish at the 2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup 50 kilometers race walk, walking the same time as winner Claudio Villanueva, his personal best 3:51:35.

Event(s)	Racewalking
Sport	Men's Athletics
Olympic finals	2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics

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Trivia

In 2009 he won gold medals at the Pan American Race Walking Cup, South American Championships, and Bolivarian Games.

Luis Fernando Lopez before fame

At the 1998 South American Junior Championships, he took silver.

Achievement of Luis Fernando Lopez

He won gold at the Pan American Race Walking Cup, the South American Championships, and the Bolivarian Games in 2009.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Luis Fernando Lopez family life

He was born in the Colombian town of San Juan de Pasto, in the Narino region.

Associations of Luis Fernando Lopez

He competed in the 2012 Olympics, which were headlined by Michael Phelps.

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