- Mijaín López
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Núñez.
Medal record Competitor for Cuba Men's Wrestling Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing -120 kg World Championships Gold 2005 Budapest -120 kg Gold 2007 Baku -120 kg Gold 2009 Herning -120 kg Gold 2010 Moscow -120 kg Silver 2006 Guangzhou -120 kg Silver 2011 Istanbul -120 kg Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara -120kg Mijaín López Núñez (born August 20, 1982 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban wrestler. He is the 2007 world champion in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.
López represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was his country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. On October 18, 2010 Mijaín López was rumoured to have defected and be training in Miami for MMA, however the coach he was rumoured to be training with Eric Castanos contradicted these rumours, stating that Mijaín López is still in Cuba and has never mentioned anything to him about defecting.[1]
References
- ^ "Cuban wrestler Mijain (sic) Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, July 30, 2008.
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