Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born 16 January 1988) is a Canadian retired race walker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow where he finished 8th place.
In university, Gomez won three NAIA 5000-metre race walk titles (2008-2010) as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds.
In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 12th place.
He announced retirement the following year, on 3 May 2017. In March 2018 Gómez was elected the World Athletics member of Athlete's Commission.
Personal bests Event Result Venue DateRoad walk 10 km 39:21 min Nomi, Japan 20 March 2016 20 km 1:19:20 hrs Nomi, Japan 20 March 2016Track walk 5000 m 18:45.64 min Sydney, Australia 18 February 2012 10,000 m 40:01.0 min (ht) Moncton, Canada 22 June 2013 20,000 m 1:26:27.1 hrs (ht) Calgary, Canada 25 June 2011
Achievements Representing 2007Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil7th10,000m track walk46:08.842008NACAC U-23 ChampionshipsToluca, Mexico4th20,000m track walk1:36:08.82 A2009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador16th20 km1:31:19UniversiadeBeograd, Serbia20th20 km1:29:55Jeux de la FrancophonieBeirut, Lebanon —20 kmDNF2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico45th20 km1:31:14Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India5th20 km1:27:092011UniversiadeShenzhen, China5th20 km1:26:212012Oceania Race Walking ChampionshipsHobart, Australia3rd†20 km1:24:46World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia11th20 km1:21:5815thTeam (20 km)180 ptsOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13th20 km1:20:582013Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala8th20 km1:27:58 AUniversiadeKazan, Russia5th20 km1:22:293rd20 km walk team4:20:35World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th20 km1:22:212014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China12th20 km1:20:184thTeam (20 km)36 pts2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile7th20 km1:23:311stTeam (20 km)21 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th20 km walk1:21:55 †: Guest appearance out of competition.
See also Canadian records in track and field
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