Jesús Ángel García Bragado

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Bragado.

Personal information

Full name

Jesús Ángel García Bragado

Born

October 17, 1969

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Country

Spain

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

50km Race Walk

Medal record

World Championships
	1993 Stuttgart	50 km walk
	1997 Athens	50 km walk
	2001 Edmonton	50 km walk
	2009 Berlin	50 km walk
European Championships
	2006 Gothenburg	50 km walk
	2002 Munich	50 km walk

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.^[1] He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
20 km	1:23:00 hrs	A Coruña	20 Jun 2009
50 km	3:39:54 hrs	Poděbrady	20 Apr 1997

Olympic results

Olympic Games	Discipline	Place
1992 Barcelona	50km Walk	10
1996 Atlanta	50km Walk	DNF
2000 Sydney	50km Walk	12
2004 Athens	50km Walk	5
2008 Beijing	50km Walk	4
2012 London	50km Walk	19
2016 Rio de Janeiro	50km Walk	20

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	5th	20 km	1:26:17
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	50 km	3:58:43
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	2nd	50 km	3:52:44
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	50 km	3:41:41
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	50 km	3:45:25
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	2nd	50 km	3:41:54
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	50 km	3:48:05
1996	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	1st	50 km	3:51:01
	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	1st	Team - 50 km	437 pts
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	—	50 km	DNF
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	1st	50 km	3:39:54
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	50 km	3:44:59
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	2nd	50 km	3:43:17
	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	1st	Team - 50 km	21 pts
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	—	50 km	DQ
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	4th	50 km	3:40:40
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	—	50 km	DNF
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	1st	50 km	3:42:51
	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	2nd	Team - 50 km	15 pts
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	12th	50 km	3:49:31
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	1st	50 km	3:44:26
	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	2nd	Team - 50 km	21 pts
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	50 km	3:43:07
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	50 km	3:44:33
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Torino, Italy	—	50 km	DQ
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	50 km	3:43:56
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	50 km	3:44:42
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	6th	50 km	3:50:33
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	14th	20 km	1:24:05
	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	2nd	Team - 20 km	33 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	50 km	DSQ
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	50 km	3:42:48
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	6th	50 km	3:46:11
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	6th	50 km	3:46:08
	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	2nd	Team - 50 km	23 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DQ
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	14th	50 km	3:52:31
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	4th	50 km	3:44:08
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	50 km	3:46:27
	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	Team - 50 km	13 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	50 km	3:41:37
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	5th	50 km	3:55:41
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	50 km	3:47:56
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	—	50 km	DQ
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	6th	50 km	3:48:15
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19th	50 km	3:48:32
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	11th	50 km	3:52:37
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th	50 km	3:46:44
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	20th	50 km	3:55:38
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	50 km	3:45:41
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	—	50 km	DQ
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th	50 km	3:46:43

References

1 2 Biografía de Jesús Ángel García (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 1 June 2015

External links

Jesús Ángel García Bragado profile at IAAF
Sports reference biography

IAAF World Championships in Athletics champions in men's 50 kilometres race walk

1976: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)
1983: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
1987: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
1991: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
1995: Valentin Kononen (FIN)
1997: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
1999: Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2005: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
2007: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
2009: Trond Nymark (NOR)
2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)

Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions

20 kilometres	1961–1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970–1973: Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977–1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002–2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006–2008: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN) 2012: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2014: Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) 2016: Wang Zhen (CHN)

50 kilometres	1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965–1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981–1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991–1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002–2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006–2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2014: Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS) 2016: Jared Tallent (AUS)

World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)

50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohan Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)

Spanish Sportsman of the Year

José Marín (1982)
Juan Antonio Corbalán (1983)
José Manuel Abascal (1984)
José Amengual (1985)
José Luis González (1986)
Jorge Martínez (1987)
José Doreste (1988)
Manuel Pereira (1989)
Carlos Sainz (1990)
Martin López-Zubero (1991)
Miguel Indurain (1992)
Jesús Ángel García and Valentí Massana (1993)
José María Olazábal (1994)
Miguel Indurain (1995)
Fermín Cacho (1996)
Joan Llaneras (1997)
Àlex Corretja (1998)
Abel Antón (1999)
Joan Llaneras and Gervasio Deferr (2000)
Pau Gasol (2001)
Alberto García (2002)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003)
David Cal (2004)
Fernando Alonso (2005)
Rafael Nadal (2006)
Rafael Trujillo (2007)
Rafael Nadal (2008)
Xavi Hernández (2009)
Jorge Lorenzo (2010)
Juan Carlos Navarro (2011)
Joel González (2012)
Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (2013)
Marc Márquez (2014)

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