Mijaín López

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In this Spanish name, the family name is López.
Mijaín López
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López (left) at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Full name Mijaín López Núñez
Nickname(s) The Kid, The Terrible'
Nationality Cuban
Born (1982-08-20) 20 August 1982 (age 41)
Pinar del Río, Cuba
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Weight 131.5 kg (290 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club Cerro Pelado
Coached by Pedro Val
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 0 0
World Championship 5 3 0
World Cup 3 0 0
World University Championship 1 0 0
Pan American Games 5 0 0
Central American and Caribbean Games 3 0 0
Pan American Championship 9 1 0
Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny 0 0 1
Junior Pan American Wrestling Championship 2 0 0
Total 32 4 1
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 130 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Budapest 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Guangzhou 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Herning 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Istanbul 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Las Vegas 130 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tehran 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Clermont-Ferrand 120 kg
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 120 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 130 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 San Juan 130 kg[1]
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 130 kg[2]
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 130 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Maracaibo 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Guatemala City 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Guatemala City 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Guatemala City 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Rio de Janeiro 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 San Salvador 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Colorado Springs 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Maracaibo 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Colorado Springs 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mexico City 130 kg
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Bogota 120 kg
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Bogota 120 kg

Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a four-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion and is widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer.[3]

Career

López has represented Cuba at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Athens, Beijing, and London, and was his country's flag bearer during the opening ceremonies in 2008 and 2012. In both competitions, he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[4] At the 2016 Rio Games, López won Gold in the 130 kg category. He again won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games without losing a single point in the tournament becoming the first male wrestler to win four gold medals, as well as only the fifth athlete to win four gold medals in the same individual event. [5] During the opening ceremony of the same Olympics, he also became the first Cuban representative to become the country’s flag bearer four times, breaking the tie between Teófilo Stevenson and himself.[6]

International competition record

International competition record (incomplete)[7]
Res. Opponent Method Time/
Score		 Date Event Location Venue

References

  1. ↑ Details of the 130 kg division Greco-Roman event at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2014 from the United World Wrestling Database.
  2. ↑ Details of the 130 kg division Greco-Roman event at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, November 2014 from the United World Wrestling Database.
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  7. ↑ Details of Mijaín López Núñez profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Cuba
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Tokyo 2020
(with Yaime Pérez)		 Succeeded by
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