Mijaín López

Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.
Mijaín López
López (left) at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameMijaín López Núñez
Nickname(s)The Kid, The Terrible'
NationalityCuban
Born (1982-08-20) 20 August 1982
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight131.5 kg (290 lb)
Sport
CountryCuba
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCerro Pelado
Coached byPedro Val
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 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 31 4 1
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing120 kg
2012 London120 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro130 kg
World Championships
2005 Budapest120 kg
2006 Guangzhou120 kg
2007 Baku120 kg
2009 Herning120 kg
2010 Moscow120 kg
2011 Istanbul120 kg
2014 Tashkent130 kg
2015 Las Vegas130 kg
World Cup
2005 Tehran120 kg
2006 Budapest120 kg
2009 Clermont-Ferrand120 kg
World University Championships
2005 Izmir120 kg
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo120 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro120 kg
2011 Guadalajara120 kg
2015 Toronto130 kg
2019 Lima130 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 San Juan130 kg[1]
2014 Veracruz130 kg[2]
2018 Barranquilla130 kg
Pan American Championships
2002 Maracaibo120 kg
2003 Guatemala City120 kg
2004 Guatemala City120 kg
2005 Guatemala City120 kg
2006 Rio de Janeiro120 kg
2007 San Salvador120 kg
2008 Colorado Springs120 kg
2009 Maracaibo120 kg
2012 Colorado Springs120 kg
2014 Mexico City130 kg
Junior Pan American Championships
2002 Bogota120 kg
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Junior Pan American Championships
2002 Bogota120 kg

Career

López has represented Cuba at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing and London, and was his country's flag bearer during the opening ceremonies. In both competitions he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[3] At the 2016 Rio Games, López won Gold in the 130 kg category.

On 18 October 2010 Mijaín López was rumoured to have defected and be training in Miami, Florida, for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), however, Eric Castanos, the coach he was rumoured to be training with, contradicted these rumours, stating that Mijaín López is still in Cuba and has never mentioned anything to him about defecting.[4]

International competition record
International competition record (incomplete)[5]
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. "Cuba's Lopez wins 120kg greco-roman wrestling gold". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. "Cuban wrestler Mijain (sic) Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.
  5. Details of Mijaín López Núñez profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Iván Pedroso		 Flagbearer for  Cuba
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio de Janeiro 2016		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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