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Full name | Luis Fernando López Erazo | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
San Juan de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia |
June 3, 1979 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals |
2004 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Medal record
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Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) 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.