Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979) 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.
Personal bests
Track walk 10,000 m: 40:33.87 min – Catania, Italy, 6 December 2003 20,000 m: 1:20:53.6 hrs (ht) – Lima, Peru, 21 June 2009
Road walk 10 km: 38:10 min – Beijing, China, 18 September 2010 20 km: 1:20:03 hrs – Berlin, Germany, 15 August 2009 50 km: 3:51:35 hrs – Lima, Peru, 14 May 2017
Achievements Representing the 1998South American Junior ChampionshipsCórdoba, Argentina 2nd10,000 m44:18.662001South American Race Walking Championships/ Pan American Race Walking CupCuenca, Ecuador —20 km road walkDQ2003Pan American Race Walking CupChula Vista, United States9th20 km road walk1:27:15Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4th20 km1:27:322004South American Race Walking ChampionshipsLos Ángeles, Chile2nd20 km road walk1:22:52World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany38th20 km road walk1:24:00Olympic GamesAthens, Greece24th20 km1:26:342005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru 2nd20 km1:20:26South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 3rd20,000 m1:23:43.2World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12th20 km1:22:28Bolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia4th20 km road walk1:25:012006South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia2nd20 km road walk1:27:16World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain —20 km road walkDQCentral American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia 1st20 km1:24:202007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil 3rd20 km1:25:25Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil—20 kmDQWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan22nd20 km1:27:222008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador1st20 km road walk1:24:38World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia23rd20 km road walk1:22:25Olympic GamesBeijing, China9th20 km1:20:592009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador 1st20 km1:22:18South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru 1st20,000 m1:20:53.6World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th20 km1:20:03Bolivarian GamesSucre, Bolivia1st20 km1:28.09 A2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico4th20 km road walk1:23:11Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico 2nd20 km1:22:552011Pan American Race Walking CupEnvigado, Colombia1st20 km road walk1:25:04World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 1st20 km1:20:38Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 3rd20 km1:22.512012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia49th20 km road walk1:26:14Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –20 kmDQ2013Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala21st20 km road walk1:34:13World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia —20 km road walkDNF2014World Race Walking ChallengeChihuahua, Mexico12th20 km road walk1:26:07World Race Walking CupTaicang, China34th50 km road walk4:05:142015World Championships Beijing, China20th50 km3:55:43
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Tilastopaja biography