Jorge Llopart

{{Short description|Spanish racewalker (1952–2020)}} {{family name hatnote|Llopart|Ribas|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jordi Llopart Ribas | image = Jorge Llopart 1980.jpg | image_size = | caption = Llopart at the 1980 Olympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|5|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[El Prat de Llobregat]], [[Spain]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|11|1952|5|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Badalona]], [[Spain]] | height = 167 cm | weight = 63 kg | country = Spain | sport = Athletics | event = [[Race walking]] | pb = 50 kmW – 3:44:33 (1989)<ref name=sr/><ref name=tf/> | club = GCR La Seda | alma_mater = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] |[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km walk]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}} {{Medal|Gold |[[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 Prague]]|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}} }}

'''Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas''' (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish [[race walking|race walker]].

He competed in the 50 km event at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1980. The silver medal was Spain's first ever medal in athletics.<ref name="WA Obit">{{cite web |title=1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/iaaf-news/jorge-llopart-obituary |website=World Athletics |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> Llopart was a European champion in this event in 1978.<ref name=sr/><ref name=tf/>

== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}} |- |1978 |[[1978 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |50 km |[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:53:29.9]] |- |1980 |[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Moscow]], Soviet Union |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |50 km |[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:51:25]] |- |1982 |[[1982 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Athens]], Greece |6th |50 km |[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|4:08:28]] |- |rowspan=3|1983 |[[1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Bergen]], Norway |4th |50 km |3:52:57 |- |rowspan=2|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Helsinki]], Finland |28th |20 km |1:27:49 |- | — |50 km |DNF |- |1984 |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Los Angeles]], United States |7th |50 km |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|4:03:09]] |- |1985 |[[1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[St John's, Isle of Man|St John's]], [[Isle of Man]] |8th |50 km |4:02:55 |- |1986 |[[1986 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] |[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]] |align="center" | 9th |50 km |[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:52:12]] |- |rowspan=2|1987 |[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[New York City]], United States |14th |50 km |3:55:35 |- |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Rome]], Italy | — |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |DQ |- |1988 |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul]], South Korea |13th |50 km |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:48:09]] |- |1990 |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] | — |50 km |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DNF]] |- |1991 |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 km Walk|World Championships]] |[[Tokyo]], Japan |align="center" | 17th |50 km |4:16:36 |}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ll/jorge-llopart-1.html Jordi Llopart]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3981&Gender=M Jorge Llopart]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> }}

== External links == {{Commons category|Jordi Llopart}} * {{World Athletics||name=Jorge Llopart}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191615/http://www.atletisme.com/fca/Competicions/marxa/histcatmarxa.pdf Jordi Llopart in the Catalonia's Championship]

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