Daniel Plaza

Daniel Plaza

Personal information
Born	3 July 1966 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Race walking
Club	Valencia CA; Sideco; CEMA Prat; La Seda

Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 in his native Barcelona, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	20 km	1:27:23.0 A
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	12th	20 km	1:21:53
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	11th	20 km	1:22:09
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	20 km	1:22:22
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	—	20 km	DQ
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	4th	20 km	1:21:00
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	20 km	1:21:45
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	6th	20 km	1:24:52
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	20 km	1:23:18
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DQ
1996	European Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	2nd	20 km	1:21:47
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th	20 km	1:22:05

Overturned drugs ban

In 2006 Plaza was cleared of a Nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court^[2][3]

References

1. Daniel Plaza. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014
2. Plaza overturns 10-year-old ban. BBC Sport (10 July 2006). Retrieved 26 January 2014
3. Matthew Moore (30 September 2010). Sporting drugs test failures: eight most unusual explanations, from veal to Vicks inhalers. The Telegraph Retrieved 26 January 2014