# Luis Fernando López (race walker)

Luis Fernando López Erazo (born 3 June 1979 in San Juan de Pasto, Nariño) is a Colombian race walker.
López was introduced to athletics by his father, who was also a competitive race walker. His uncle, Marcelino Pastrana, was a former Colombian national champion at the 800 m, and later became his coach.
When he won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, it was the first athletics world championship medal to be won by a Colombian. He was declared the silver medalist in a photo finish at the 2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup 50 kilometers race walk, walking the same time as winner Claudio Villanueva, his personal best 3:51:35.

## Personal bests
### Track walk

* 10,000 m: 40:33.87 min – Catania, 6 December 2003
* 20,000 m: 1:20:53.6 hrs (ht) – Lima, 21 June 2009

### Road walk

* 10 km: 38:10 min – Beijing, 18 September 2010
* 20 km: 1:20:03 hrs – Berlin, 15 August 2009
* 50 km: 3:51:35 hrs – Lima, 14 May 2017

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing the Colombia ||||||
| 1998 | South American Junior Championships | Córdoba, Argentina | 2nd | 10,000 m | 44:18.66 |
| 2001 | South American Race Walking Championships/ Pan American Race Walking Cup | Cuenca, Ecuador | — | 20 km road walk | DQ |
| 2003 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Chula Vista, California, United States | 9th | 20 km road walk | 1:27:15 |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 20 km | 1:27:32 |
| 2004 | South American Race Walking Championships | Los Ángeles, Chile | 2nd | 20 km road walk | 1:22:52 |
| 2004 | World Race Walking Cup | Naumburg, Germany | 38th | 20 km road walk | 1:24:00 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th | 20 km | 1:26:34 |
| 2005 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Lima, Peru | 2nd | 20 km | 1:20:26 |
| 2005 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | 20,000 m | 1:23:43.2 |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th | 20 km | 1:22:28 |
| 2005 | Bolivarian Games | Armenia, Colombia | 4th | 20 km road walk | 1:25:01 |
| 2006 | South American Race Walking Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 20 km road walk | 1:27:16 |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | — | 20 km road walk | DQ |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 20 km | 1:24:20 |
| 2007 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Balneário Camboriú, Brazil | 3rd | 20 km | 1:25:25 |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | — | 20 km | DQ |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd | 20 km | 1:27:22 |
| 2008 | South American Race Walking Championships | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | 20 km road walk | 1:24:38 |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 23rd | 20 km road walk | 1:22:25 |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 9th | 20 km | 1:20:59 |
| 2009 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 20 km | 1:22:18 |
| 2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 20,000 m | 1:20:53.6 |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 20 km | 1:20:03 |
| 2009 | Bolivarian Games | Sucre, Bolivia | 1st | 20 km | 1:28.09 A |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, México | 4th | 20 km road walk | 1:23:11 |
| 2010 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 2nd | 20 km | 1:22:55 |
| 2011 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Envigado, Colombia | 1st | 20 km road walk | 1:25:04 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 20 km | 1:20:38 |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 3rd | 20 km | 1:22.51 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 49th | 20 km road walk | 1:26:14 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 20 km | DQ |
| 2013 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | 21st | 20 km road walk | 1:34:13 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | — | 20 km road walk | DNF |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Challenge | Chihuahua, México | 12th | 20 km road walk | 1:26:07 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 34th | 50 km road walk | 4:05:14 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 20th | 50 km | 3:55:43 |