Cristina López (racewalker)

Cristina Esmeralda López (born 19 September 1982) is a Salvadoran race walker. She was born in Ozatlán.

She made history by winning the first ever gold medal for El Salvador at the Pan American Games. At the time, Lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter Monica Michelle back in El Salvador undergoing treatment for cancer. Lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59, a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Track walk

 * 10,000 m: 44:16.21 min – San Salvador, 13 July 2007

Road walk

 * 10 km: 49:02 min – San Salvador, 30 March 2014
 * 20 km: 1:30:08 hrs – 🇪🇸 A Coruña, 4 June 2005