Facts: - sport: women 's athletics - event: racewalking - weight: 51 kg lb on - headercolor: lightblue - height: 1.68 - updated: 6 january 2015 - country: el salvador - medaltemplates: women 's athletics - birth date: 19 september 1982 - fullname: cristina esmeralda lopez - name: cristina lopez - image: cristinalopez.jpg - birth place: ozatlan , usulutan , el salvador Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cristina lopez .
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cristina esmeralda lopez -lrb- born 19 september 1982 in ozatlan -rrb- is an salvadoran race walker .when she won the gold medal at the pan american games , she made history by winning the first ever gold medal for el salvador at the games .lopez also had the worries of having her 3-year-old daughter monica michelle back in el salvador undergoing medical treatment for cancer .lopez crossed the finish line in 1:38:59 , a full minute and 4 seconds ahead of the second place .