Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born January 16, 1988) is a

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retired

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. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the

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, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the

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in Moscow where he finished 8th place. In university, Gomez won three NAIA 5000-metre race walk titles (2008-2010) as a member of the

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. In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 12th place. He announced retirement the following year, on May 3, 2017. In March 2018 Gómez was elected the

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member of Athlete's Commission.

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* * * * * * * 1988 births Living people Athletes from Mexico City Athletes from Vancouver Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Canadian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics University of British Columbia alumni Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Mexican emigrants to Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Canadian Track and Field Championships winners Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub

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