Raúl González (racewalker)
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| Full name | Raúl González Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 29, 1952 China, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Race walking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raúl González Rodríguez (born February 29, 1952) is a Mexican former race walker.
Career
[edit]González won the gold medal in 50 km walk at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won a silver medal in 20 km walk. He set an Olympic record winning the 50 km event in a time of 3:47:26.[1][2]
González won the 50 km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983.
He set the world record in the 50 km race walk twice in 1978 with times of 3:45:52 and 3:41:20. As of October 2011, it still was the North American record.
Post-career
[edit]González was a member of the national race walk 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]
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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- 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 for 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
- 20th-century Mexican people