# Álex Quiñónez

Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was shot dead on October 22, 2021 at age 32. He was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.
He won the 100 m and 200m at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, with his 20.34s national record in the 200 m qualifying him for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He ran a new Ecuadorian national record of 20.28 s in the heats of the 200 metres at the 2012 Olympics and qualified for the final, where he finished seventh.
Quiñónez won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event.
He qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 200m in Tokyo but was provisionally suspended for "whereabouts failures" less than a month before the games began.

## Murder

Quiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021, in Guayaquil. He was 32 years old.

## Personal bests

* 100 m: 10.09 s A NR (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Medellín, 25 May 2013
* 200 m: 19.87 s NR (wind: -0.1 m/s) – Lausanne, 5 July 2019
* 400 m: 46.28 s NR – Braga, 29 June 2019

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Ecuador ||||||
| 2006 | South American Youth Championships | Caracas, Venezuela | 5th (h) | 200 m | 22.88 (−1.2 m/s) |
| 2006 | South American Youth Championships | Caracas, Venezuela | 6th (h) | 400 m | 51.91 |
| 2006 | South American Youth Championships | Caracas, Venezuela | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.63 |
| 2006 | South American Youth Championships | Caracas, Venezuela | 4th | 1000 m Medley relay | 1:59.96 |
| 2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 8th | 200 m | 22.09 w (+2.3 m/s) |
| 2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.67 |
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 11th (h) | 200 m | 21.57 (+0.7 m/s) |
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.90 |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | 200 m | 20.95 w (+2.4 m/s) |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.7 |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.94 |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 6th | 200 m | 20.86 A (−1.0 m/s) |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.76 A NR |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 10.33 (−0.2 m/s) |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | 200 m | 20.34 NR (−0.9 m/s) |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.83 |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.48 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 200 m | 20.57 (+0.4 m/s) |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 10.22 (+1.3 m/s) |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 200 m | 20.44 (+1.8 m/s) |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.11 |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.61 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 44th (h) | 100 m | 10.50 (−0.4 m/s) |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 15th (sf) | 200 m | 20.55 (+0.0 m/s) |
| 2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Perú | 1st | 100 m | 10.52 (−0.3 m/s) |
| 2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Perú | 1st | 200 m | 20.47 GR(+0.0 m/s) |
| 2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Perú | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.62 |
| 2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Perú | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.19 |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 100 m | 10.39 s (+1.1 m/s) |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 2nd | 200 m | 20.66 s (−1.0 m/s) |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.41 s |
| 2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | 100 m | 10.43 (−1.1 m/s) |
| 2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 200 m | 20.76 (0.0 m/s) |
| 2015 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.94 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | — | 200 m | DQ |
| 2017 | South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.61 |
| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 10.13 |
| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 1st | 200 m | 20.27 |
| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.83 |
| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.81 |
| 2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.09 |
| 2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | 200 m | 19.93 |
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 10th (h) | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:27.22 |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 200 m | 20.27 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 200 m | 19.98 |
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 4th | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:24.89 |