Valentí Massana
Valentín Massana Gracia[a] (born July 5, 1970 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker, and the record holder in Spain in the men's 50 km walk (3h38´43") in Ourense, March 20, 1994.[1]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 2nd | 10,000 m | 41:33.95 |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 5th | 20 km | 1:23:53 |
Ibero-American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 2nd | 20 km | 1:25:37.8 | |
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 5th | 5000 m | 19:08.79 |
World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 10th | 20 km | 1:21:56 | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 20 km | 1:20:29 | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | 20 km | DSQ |
1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 2nd | 20 km | 1:24:32 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | 20 km | 1:22:31 | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 20 km | 1:20.33 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | 20 km | 1:20:23 |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 20th | 20 km | 1:24:14 |
3rd | 50 km | 3:44:19 | |||
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 9th | 20 km | 1:23.36 |
1999 | World Race Walking Cup | Mézidon-Canon, France | 8th | 50 km | 3:45:29 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 4th | 50 km | 3:51:55 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 50 km | 3:46:01 |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 6th | 50 km | 3:48:28 |
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Massana and the second or maternal family name is Gracia.
References[]
- ^ "Track and field records of Spain". rfea.es. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
External links[]
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- Valentín Massana at World Athletics
- Valentí Massana in the Catalonia's Championship at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-28)
- Valentin Massana at the International Olympic Committee
- Valentin Massana at Olympics.com
- Valentín Massana Gracia at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Spanish male racewalkers
- Athletes from Catalonia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Spanish athletics biography stubs