Jesús Ángel García
Spanish race walker (born 1969)
García in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jesús Ángel García Bragado |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | (1969-10-17) 17 October 1969 (age 54) Madrid, Spain |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Spain |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 50km Race Walk |
Medal record |
Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.[1] He has competed at eight Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever in athletics.[2][3] He was married to gymnast Carmen Acedo. He retired in 2021 after the Tokyo Olympics.
Personal bests
Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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20 km | 1:23:00 hrs | A Coruña | 20 June 2009 |
50 km | 3:39:54 hrs | Poděbrady | 20 April 1997 |
Olympic results
Olympic Games | Discipline | Place |
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1992 Barcelona | 50 km Walk | 10 |
1996 Atlanta | 50 km Walk | DNF |
2000 Sydney | 50 km Walk | 12 |
2004 Athens | 50 km Walk | 5 |
2008 Beijing | 50 km Walk | 4 |
2012 London | 50 km Walk | 19 |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 50 km Walk | 20 |
2020 Tokyo | 50 km Walk | 35 |
Achievements
References
- ^ "Biografía de Jesús Ángel García" (PDF) (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Atletismo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Jesús Ángel García" (in Spanish). NBC. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jesús Ángel García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009.
Full name: Jesús Ángel García Bragado
External links
- Jesús Ángel García at World Athletics
- Jesús Ángel García at Olympics.com
- Jesús Ángel García at Olympedia
- Jesús Ángel García Bragado at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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World champions in men's 35 km and 50 km race walk
- 1976: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)
- 1983: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
- 1987: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
- 1991: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
- 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
- 1995: Valentin Kononen (FIN)
- 1997: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 1999: Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
- 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2005: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
- 2007: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
- 2009: Trond Nymark (NOR)
- 2011: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
- 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
- 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
- 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2019: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
- 2022: Massimo Stano (ITA)
- 2023: Álvaro Martín (ESP)