Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 in his native Barcelona, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.

Overturned drugs ban

In 2006 Plaza was cleared of a Nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme CourtMatthew Moore (30 September 2010)
Sporting drugs test failures: eight most unusual explanations, from veal to Vicks inhalers
''The Telegraph'' Retrieved 26 January 2014

References

1966 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Spanish male racewalkers Athletes from Catalonia Olympic athletes of Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Athletes from Barcelona European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub