# Jorge Llopart

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Spanish racewalker (1952–2020)

In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Llopart* and the second or maternal family name is *Ribas*.

Jordi Llopart Ribas Llopart at the 1980 Olympics Personal information Born (1952-05-05)5 May 1952 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain Died 11 November 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 68) Badalona, Spain Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) Weight 63 kg (139 lb) Sport Country Spain Sport Athletics Event Race walking Club GCR La Seda

**Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas** (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish [race walker](/source/Race_walking).

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.[3] Llopart was a European champion in this event in 1978.[1][2]

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Spain 1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 1st 50 km 3:53:29.9 1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 2nd 50 km 3:51:25 1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 6th 50 km 4:08:28 1983 World Race Walking Cup Bergen, Norway 4th 50 km 3:52:57 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 28th 20 km 1:27:49 — 50 km DNF 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 7th 50 km 4:03:09 1985 World Race Walking Cup St John's, Isle of Man 8th 50 km 4:02:55 1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 9th 50 km 3:52:12 1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 14th 50 km 3:55:35 World Championships Rome, Italy — 50 km DQ 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 13th 50 km 3:48:09 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia — 50 km DNF 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 17th 50 km 4:16:36

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sr_1-1) [Jordi Llopart](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ll/jorge-llopart-1.html). sports-reference.com

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tf_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tf_2-1) [Jorge Llopart](http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3981&Gender=M). trackfield.brinkster.net

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WA_Obit_3-0)** ["1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies"](https://www.worldathletics.org/news/iaaf-news/jorge-llopart-obituary). *World Athletics*. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

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- [Jorge Llopart](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14358407) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [Jordi Llopart in the Catalonia's Championship](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191615/http://www.atletisme.com/fca/Competicions/marxa/histcatmarxa.pdf)

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 50 km walk and 35 km walk 1934–2018 50 kilometres 1934: Jānis Daliņš (LAT) 1938: Harold Whitlock (GBR) 1946: John Ljunggren (SWE) 1950: Pino Dordoni (ITA) 1954: Vladimir Ukhov (URS) 1958: Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS) 1962: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1966: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1969: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1971: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) 1974: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1978: Jorge Llopart (ESP) 1982: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1986: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1990: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1994: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 1998: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2006: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Maryan Zakalnytskyy (UKR) 2022–present 35 kilometres 2022: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)

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