Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was shot dead on 22 October 2021 at age 32. He was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.
He won the 100 m and 200m at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, with his 20.34s national record in the 200 m qualifying him for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He ran a new Ecuadorian national record of 20.28 s in the heats of the 200 metres at the 2012 Olympics and qualified for the final, where he finished seventh.
Quiñónez won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event.
He qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 200m in Tokyo but was provisionally suspended for "whereabouts failures" less than a month before the games began.
Murder Quiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021 in Guayaquil. He was 32 years old.
Personal bests 100 m: 10.09 s A NR (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Medellín, Colombia, 25 May 2013 200 m: 19.87 s NR (wind: -0.1 m/s) – Lausanne, Switzerland, 5 July 2019 400 m: 46.28 s NR – Braga, Portugal, 29 June 2019
Achievements Representing 2006South American Youth ChampionshipsCaracas, Venezuela5th (h)200 m22.88 (−1.2 m/s)6th (h)400 m51.916th4 × 100 m relay43.634th1000 m Medley relay1:59.962009ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba8th200 m22.09 w (+2.3 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay40.672011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina11th (h)200 m21.57 (+0.7 m/s)5th4 × 100 m relay41.90ALBA GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuela4th200 m20.95 w (+2.4 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay40.74th4 × 400 m relay3:10.94Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico6th200 m20.86 A (−1.0 m/s)5th4 × 100 m relay39.76 A NR2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela1st100 m10.33 (−0.2 m/s)1st200 m20.34 NR (−0.9 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay40.835th4 × 400 m relay3:09.48Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom7th200 m20.57 (+0.4 m/s)2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia1st100 m10.22 (+1.3 m/s)1st200 m20.44 (+1.8 m/s)4th4 × 100 m relay40.114th4 × 400 m relay3:15.61World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia44th (h)100 m10.50 (−0.4 m/s)15th (sf)200 m20.55 (+0.0 m/s)Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru1st100 m10.52 (−0.3 m/s)1st200 m20.47 GR(+0.0 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay39.623rd4 × 400 m relay3:12.192014South American GamesSantiago, Chile3rd100 m10.39 s (+1.1 m/s)2nd200 m20.66 s (−1.0 m/s)5th4 × 100 m relay40.41 s2015South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2nd100 m10.43 (−1.1 m/s)1st200 m20.76 (0.0 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay39.94World ChampionshipsBeijing, China —200 mDQ2017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay4th4 × 100 m relay40.61Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia1st100 m10.131st200 m20.273rd4 × 100 m relay39.834th4 × 400 m relay3:12.812018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia2nd100 m10.091st200 m19.932019World RelaysYokohama, Japan10th (h)4 × 200 m relay1:27.22Pan American GamesLima, Peru1st200 m20.27 World Championships Doha, Qatar3rd 200 m19.982021World RelaysChorzów, Poland4th4 × 200 m relay1:24.89
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