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Iñaki Gómez

Iñaki Gómez

Canadian racewalker

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

Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born January 16, 1988) is a Canadian retired race walker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow where he finished 8th place.

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In university, Gomez won three NAIA 5000-metre race walk titles (2008-2010) as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.[1] At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 12th place.[2]

He announced retirement the following year, on May 3, 2017.[3] In March 2018 Gómez was elected the World Athletics member of Athlete's Commission.[4]

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†: Guest appearance out of competition.

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References

  1. [1]
    Hossain, Asif (July 11, 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Iñaki Gomez". IAAF.org. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Race walker Iñaki Gómez announces retirement". Athletics Canada. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Gomez elected Athletes' Commission Chair – IAAF Council Meeting, Birmingham, day one". World Athletics. March 5, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.


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