Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born January 16, 1988) is a
Canadian
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retired
race walker
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. He competed in the
20 kilometres walk event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the
IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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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
UBC Thunderbirds
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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
World Athletics
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member of Athlete's Commission.
Personal bests
Achievements
†: Guest appearance out of competition.
See also
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Canadian records in track and field
The following is a list of national outdoor and indoor athletics records for Canada maintained by Canada's national athletics federation, Athletics Canada.
Outdoor
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References
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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
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