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Luis Fernando López

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Fernando López is the 4,741st most popular athlete (up from 5,538th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 337th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Colombian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Luis Fernando López ranks 4,741 out of 6,025. Before him are Marc Raquil, Sanna Stén, Stephen Jones, Lynn Jennings, Sergey Shubenkov, and Yang Min. After him are Jakub Vadlejch, Christy Opara-Thompson, Elnaz Rekabi, Shingo Suetsugu, Ekaterina Zavyalova, and Queralt Castellet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Luis Fernando López ranks 1,119. Before him are Sayed Moawad, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Nicola Renzi, Nicolien Sauerbreij, Kenny Miller, and Keshia Knight Pulliam. After him are Sylvain Calzati, Zulay Henao, Nikki DeLoach, Børge Lund, Naoto Matsuo, and Mariya Sidorova.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Luis Fernando López ranks 294 out of 356. Before him are Darwin Atapuma (1988), Deiver Machado (1993), Bernardo Espinosa (1989), Yonny Hernández (1988), Camilo (1994), and Giovanni Moreno (1986). After him are Zulay Henao (1979), Julián Arredondo (1988), Fabián Vargas (1980), Luis Suárez (1997), Orlando Berrío (1991), and Brayan Perea (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Colombia

Among athletes born in Colombia, Luis Fernando López ranks 9. Before him are María Isabel Urrutia (1965), Henrik Christiansen (null), Caterine Ibargüen (1984), Orlando Duque (1974), Diego Salazar (1980), and Yuri Alvear (1986). After him are Sandra Arenas (1993), Anthony Zambrano (1998), Alisher Yusupov (1998), Éider Arévalo (1993), Ingrit Valencia (1988), and Luis Javier Mosquera (1995).

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