Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982) is a Salvadoran race walker. She was born in Ozatlán.
She made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the Pan American Games. At the time, Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing treatment for cancer. Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Personal bests
Track walk 10,000 m: 44:16.21 min – San Salvador, El Salvador, 13 July 2007
Road walk 10 km: 49:02 min – San Salvador, El Salvador, 30 March 2014 20 km: 1:30:08 hrs – A Coruña, Spain, 4 June 2005
Achievements Representing 2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile20th10,000 m53:12.902001Central American Junior ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador1st5000 m track walk23:19.27Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina1st10,000 m track walk51:41.9Central American GamesGuatemala City, Guatemala3rd20 km1:49:01 A2002Ibero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala6th20 km walkDNF2005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru 1st20 km walk1:30:35Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas 1st10,000 m45:52.32World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—20 kmDSQ2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain31st20 km road walk1:35:36Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia 1st20 km walk1:38:262007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil 1st20 km walk1:39:21NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador 1st10,000 m44:16.21Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st20 km1:38:592009Central American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala1st10 km47:35.35 CRCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba 3rd10 km49:30Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador —20 km road walkDNFWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany37th20 km1:47:332010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico40th20 km road walk1:45:432011Central American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador3rd20 km road walk1:49:46Central American ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st10,000 m49:48.362013Central American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala1st10 km road walk55:48Central American GamesSan José, Costa Rica1st20 km road walk1:48:12Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala12th20 km road walk1:42:33Central American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua1st10,000 m track walk47:47.62Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico4th10,000 m52:23.402014Central American Race Walking ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador1st10 km road walk49:02Central American ChampionshipsTegucigalpa, Honduras1st10,000m track walk49:18.36Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil9th10,000m track walk47:54.88Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico7th20 km road walk1:57:00 A
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