17/08/2015   The tribute to Jesus Angel Garcia Bragado (ESP)






Spain will be in race walking events in Beijing  with nine athletes.
 
20 km men
 
Diego Garcia (personal best and season best 1:21:45)
Miguel Angel Lopez (personal best 1:19:21 and season best 1:19:52)
Alvaro Martin (personal best e season best 1:20:19)
 
50 km men
 
Francisco Arcilla (personal best 3:58:00 and no season best)
Jesus Angel Garcia (personal best 3:39:54 and no season best)
Benjamin Sanchez (personal best and season best 3:55.45)
 
20 km Women
 
Laura Garcia-Caro (personal best and season best 1:29:32)
Raquel Gonzalez (personal best 1:28:36 and season best 1:29:34)
Maria José Poves (personal best 1:28:15 and season best 1:31:16)
 
Among them stands out in particular the name of Jesus Angel Garcia, who is also the captain of the Spanish team, who at 45 years old is the oldest athlete competing in Beijing 2015, and will making the record of his 12th appearance in the World Championships.
 
His first participation in 1993 in Stuttgart, saw him victor in the 50 km in a time of 3:41:41
 
Here all his other appearances:
 
 

 
Venue
Place
Result
Date
 
 
 
 
Stuttgart (GER)
1st
3:41:41
21.08.1993
Göteborg (SWE)
5th
3:48:05
10.08.1995
Athens (GRE)
2nd
3:44:59
07.08.1997
Seville (ESP)
 
DNF
25.08.1999
Edmonton (CAN)
2nd
3:43:07
11.08.2001
Paris (FRA)
6th
3:43:56
27.08.2003
Helsinki (FIN)
 
DQ
12.08.2005
Osaka (JPN)
 
DQ
26.08.2007
Berlin (GER)
3rd
3:41:37
21.08.2009
Daegu (KOR)
 
DQ
03.09.2011
Moscow (RUS)
12th
3:46.44
14.08:2013

 

 

 


 

Stuttgart 1993 - Jesus Angel Garcia Bragado (314) lead the race with Robert Korzeniowski and Hartwig Gauder