Jesús Ángel García
Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.[1] He has competed at seven Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever by a male track and field athlete.[2] He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.
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| Full name | Jesús Ángel García Bragado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 17, 1969 Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50km Race Walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal bests
| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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| 20 km | 1:23:00 hrs | | 20 Jun 2009 |
| 50 km | 3:39:54 hrs |  | 20 Apr 1997 |
Olympic results 
| Olympic Games | Discipline | Place |
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| 50km Walk | 10 |
 | 50km Walk | DNF |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 50km Walk | 12 |
 | 50km Walk | 5 |
 | 50km Walk | 4 |
 | 50km Walk | 19 |
 | 50km Walk | 20 |
Achievements
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References
- Biografía de Jesús Ángel García (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 1 June 2015
- Jesús Ángel García (in Spanish), NBC, archived from the original on 2016-09-19, retrieved 20 August 2016
External links
- Jesús Ángel Garcia at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jesús Ángel García (full name: Jesús Ángel García Bragado)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05.
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