Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.[1] He was shot dead on October 22, 2021 at age 32.[2] He was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.
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Full name | Alex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 11 August 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 October 2021 Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador | (aged 32)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m 10.09 (+2.0 m/s) (Medellín 2013) 200 m 19.87 (−0.1 m/s) (Lausanne 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the 100 m and 200m at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, with his 20.34s national record in the 200 m qualifying him for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He ran a new Ecuadorian national record of 20.28 s in the heats of the 200 metres at the 2012 Olympics and qualified for the final, where he finished seventh.[2]
Quiñónez won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event.
He qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 200m in Tokyo but was provisionally suspended for "whereabouts failures" less than a month before the games began.[3][4]
Murder
editQuiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021, in Guayaquil.[5][6] He was 32 years old.
Personal bests
editAchievements
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing | |||||
2006 | South American Youth Championships | Caracas, Venezuela | 5th (h) | 200 m | 22.88 (−1.2 m/s) |
6th (h) | 400 m | 51.91 | |||
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.63 | |||
4th | 1000 m Medley relay | 1:59.96 | |||
2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 8th | 200 m | 22.09 w (+2.3 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.67 | |||
2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 11th (h) | 200 m | 21.57 (+0.7 m/s) |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.90 | |||
ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | 200 m | 20.95 w (+2.4 m/s) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.7 | |||
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.94 | |||
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 6th | 200 m | 20.86 A (−1.0 m/s) | |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.76 A NR | |||
2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 10.33 (−0.2 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 20.34 NR (−0.9 m/s) | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.83 | |||
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.48 | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 200 m | 20.57 (+0.4 m/s) | |
2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 10.22 (+1.3 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 20.44 (+1.8 m/s) | |||
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.11 | |||
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.61 | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 44th (h) | 100 m | 10.50 (−0.4 m/s) | |
15th (sf) | 200 m | 20.55 (+0.0 m/s) | |||
Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Perú | 1st | 100 m | 10.52 (−0.3 m/s) | |
1st | 200 m | 20.47 GR(+0.0 m/s) | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.62 | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.19 | |||
2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 100 m | 10.39 s (+1.1 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 20.66 s (−1.0 m/s) | |||
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.41 s | |||
2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | 100 m | 10.43 (−1.1 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 20.76 (0.0 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.94 | |||
World Championships | Beijing, China | — | 200 m | DQ | |
2017 | South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.61 |
Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 10.13 | |
1st | 200 m | 20.27 | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.83 | |||
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.81 | |||
2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.09 |
1st | 200 m | 19.93 | |||
2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 10th (h) | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:27.22 |
Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 200 m | 20.27 | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 200 m | 19.98 | |
2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 4th | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:24.89 |
References
edit- ^ "Alex Quinonez – Athlete profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Alex Quiñónez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "World 200m medalist provisionally suspended as Olympics near". 1 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Sprinter Alex Quiñónez Fatally Shot in Ecuador". US News. Associated Press. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Alex Quiñónez: Ecuador sprinter shot dead". BBC News. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.