Cristina López (racewalker)

Cristina López

Personal information
Full name	Cristina Esmeralda López
Born	(1982-09-19) September 19, 1982 (age 34) Ozatlán, Usulután, El Salvador
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	El Salvador
Sport	Women's Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  El Salvador Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 20 km NACAC Championships 2007 San Salvador 10 km Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena 20 km Central American and Caribbean Championships 2005 Nassau 10 km 2009 Havana 10 km Central American Games 2013 San José 20 km 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 20 km Central American Championships 2009 Ciudad de Guatemala 10 km 2011 San José 10 km
Updated on 6 January 2015.

Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982 in Ozatlán) is an Salvadoran race walker.

When she won the gold medal at the Pan American Games, she made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the games. Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing medical treatment for cancer. Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the second place.

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