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Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban retired Greco-Roman wrestler. Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion.
Aug 6, 2024 · Mijaín López became the first Summer Olympian in any individual sport to win five consecutive gold medals in the same event, a masterful feat of longevity and dominance that he reached by...
Mijaín López (born August 20, 1982, Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler who was considered one of the sport’s greatest athletes. He was the first male wrestler to win four Olympic gold medals. López began wrestling when he was 10 years old.
Aug 7, 2024 · On Tuesday, López, of Cuba, became the first athlete in Olympic history to win a gold medal at five straight Games, beating Chile’s Yasmani Acosta in the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling final to ...
Aug 6, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — Mijain Lopez has gone out on top. The 41-year-old Cuban defeated Yasmani Acosta Fernandez of Chile 6-0 in the 130-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to win his fifth consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Aug 6, 2024 · Mijain Lopez, the 41-year-old wrestler from Cuba, became the first athlete to win five consecutive Olympic golds in the same individual event Tuesday when he ended his career with a 6-0...
Aug 7, 2024 · PARIS – Few outside Cuba or the wrestling world would have heard of Mijain Lopez, but on Aug 6, the 41-year-old staked his claim as the greatest Olympian of all time as he beat Chile’s Yasmani...
May 23, 2023 · Cuban Mijaín López plans to return to competitive wrestling in a bid to become the first person to win the same individual Olympic event five times. At the Tokyo Games, López became the fifth person to win the same individual Olympic event four times after Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis, Al Oerter and Danish sailor Paul Elvstrøm.
PARIS (AP) — Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez has earned a shot at a record fifth Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Just two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday, Lopez beat Azerbaijan’s Sabah...
Aug 6, 2024 · In a marquee matchup of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Cuba’s Mijain Lopez Nuñez made history with his 6-0 gold medal win in the 130kg Greco-Roman final on 6 August, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to take five gold medals in the same event.
