Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a four-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion and is widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer.[3]

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Mijaín López

López (left) at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Mijaín López Núñez
Nickname(s)	The Kid, The Terrible'
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1982-08-20) 20 August 1982 (age 40) Pinar del Río, Cuba
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	131.5 kg (290 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	Cerro Pelado
Coached by	Pedro Val
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 0 0 World Championship 5 3 0 World Cup 3 0 0 World University Championship 1 0 0 Pan American Games 5 0 0 Central American and Caribbean Games 3 0 0 Pan American Championship 9 1 0 Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny 0 0 1 Junior Pan American Wrestling Championship 2 0 0 Total 32 4 1 Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 120 kg 2012 London 120 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 130 kg 2020 Tokyo 130 kg World Championships 2005 Budapest 120 kg 2006 Guangzhou 120 kg 2007 Baku 120 kg 2009 Herning 120 kg 2010 Moscow 120 kg 2011 Istanbul 120 kg 2014 Tashkent 130 kg 2015 Las Vegas 130 kg World Cup 2005 Tehran 120 kg 2006 Budapest 120 kg 2009 Clermont-Ferrand 120 kg World University Championships 2005 Izmir 120 kg Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 120 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 120 kg 2011 Guadalajara 120 kg 2015 Toronto 130 kg 2019 Lima 130 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 San Juan 130 kg[1] 2014 Veracruz 130 kg[2] 2018 Barranquilla 130 kg Pan American Championships 2002 Maracaibo 120 kg 2003 Guatemala City 120 kg 2004 Guatemala City 120 kg 2005 Guatemala City 120 kg 2006 Rio de Janeiro 120 kg 2007 San Salvador 120 kg 2008 Colorado Springs 120 kg 2009 Maracaibo 120 kg 2012 Colorado Springs 120 kg 2014 Mexico City 130 kg Junior Pan American Championships 2002 Bogota 120 kg Men's Freestyle Wrestling Junior Pan American Championships 2002 Bogota 120 kg

Career

López has represented Cuba at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Athens, Beijing, and London, and was his country's flag bearer during the opening ceremonies in 2008 and 2012. In both competitions, he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.[4] At the 2016 Rio Games, López won Gold in the 130 kg category. He again won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games without losing a single point in the tournament becoming the first male wrestler to win four Olympic gold medals, as well as only the fifth athlete to win four gold medals in the same individual event. [5] During the opening ceremony of the same Olympics, he also became the first Cuban representative to become the country’s flag bearer four times, breaking the tie between Teófilo Stevenson and himself.[6]

International competition record

References

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Iván Pedroso	Flagbearer for  Cuba Beijing 2008 London 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Tokyo 2020 (with Yaime Pérez)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[fr] Mijaín López

[it] Mijaín López

[ru] Лопес Нуньес, Михаин