Miguel Ángel López Nicolás (born 3 July 1988 in

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

) is a Spanish

racewalker 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. Race judges carefully asse ...

. He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in

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. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Spanish male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Murcia World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain European Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub