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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.

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.[4] In both competitions, he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[5] 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 Olympic gold medals, as well as only the fifth athlete to win four gold medals in the same individual event. [6] 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.[7]

International competition record

International competition record (incomplete)[8]
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.
  3. ^ "International Wrestling Database".
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mijaín López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Cuba's Lopez wins 120kg Greco-roman wrestling gold". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Wrestler wins fourth straight Olympic gold". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. ^ Details of Mijaín López Núñez profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.

External links

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


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADn_L%C3%B3pez