Miguel Ángel Prieto Adanero (born 20 September 1964) is a

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from

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, who represented his native country at the 1992 Olympic Games in

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, where he came tenth overall. He was a four-time Spanish indoor champion in the 5000 m walk and won the outdoor 20 km national title in 1990. Prieto was born in Segovia, and made his international debut at the

1983 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1983 European Athletics Junior Championships was the seventh edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Schwechat Schwechat () is a town southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna Inter ...

, placing fifth in the 10,000 m walk. He came seventh in the 20 km race walk at the

1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man. The event was also known as ''IAAF Race Walking World Cup''. Complete results were published. Medallists Results Men's 20 k ...

then went on to win a

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in the event at the

1986 European Athletics Championships The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. ...

. He established himself as one of Spain's leading walkers, competing at the

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and

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. Prieto won his second international medal at the

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, where he was the

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list in the 20 km walk behind Italy's

Walter Arena Walter Arena (born 30 May 1964) is a male race walker from Italy. He continues to race, winning the M45 at the 2012 European Masters Athletics Championships 5,000 metres walk. Biography Walter Arena won three medal (one at individual level), a ...

. He came 13th at the

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and finished one place lower than that at the

1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 June 1991 in the streets of San Jose, California, USA. The event was also known as ''IAAF Race Walking World Cup''. The course followed a loop along Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard, north ...

. He made a competitive return at the age of 46 at the

2011 European Race Walking Cup The ninth edition of the European Race Walking Cup was held on the roads of Olhão, Portugal on 21 May 2011. The event was jointly organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (Portuguese Athletics Federation) and the European Athletics As ...

. He managed 14th place in the 50 km event.Feast of road running in Spain this weekend
.

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(25 November 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-26.

International competitions

References

1964 births Living people People from Segovia Sportspeople from the Province of Segovia Spanish male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{spain-athletics-bio-stub