Raúl González (racewalker)
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Full name | Raúl González Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | China, Nuevo León, Mexico | February 29, 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raúl González Rodríguez (born February 29, 1952) is a retired Mexican race walker. He set the world record in the 50-kilometres racewalk twice in 1978 (3:45:52 and 3:41:20). As of October 2011, it still was the North American record.
Gonzalez won the 50 km racewalk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983. He also won a silver medal in 20 km and a gold in 50 km at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Gonzalez set an Olympic record winning the 50-kilometres event at 3 hours, 47 minutes, 26 seconds.[1][2]
Gonzalez was a member of the national racewalk team that received Mexico's National Sports Prize in 1977; he received the prize individually in 1978.[3] From 1988 to 1994 he was Director of National Sports Commission of Mexico, and from 2002 to 2004 executive president of the Mexican Professional Baseball League.[4]
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References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raúl González". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ HISTORY OF RACE WALKING IN THE OLYMPICS. Eracewalk.com. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
- ^ Raúl González Rodríguez Archived 2010-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Deporte.org.mx. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
- ^ Raul Gonzalez Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Speakersmexico.com (1949-06-03). Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
External links[]
- Raúl González at World Athletics
- Raúl González at Olympedia
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Mexican male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of Mexico
- Olympic gold medalists for Mexico
- Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Nuevo León
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games