Jesús Ángel García

{{Short description|Spanish race walker (born 1969)}}

{{family name hatnote|García|Bragado|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jesús Ángel García

| image = García Bragado en el 80 Campeonato de Cataluña Individual de Marcha en Ruta, el 12 de febrero de 2012.JPG

| caption = García in 2012

| nationality = Spanish

| full_name = Jesús Ángel García Bragado

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|17}}

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| height = 1.72 m

| weight = 64 kg

| country = {{ESP}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 50km Race Walk

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1993 Stuttgart|50 km walk}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Athens|50 km walk}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Edmonton|50 km walk}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Berlin|50 km walk}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver |2006 Gothenburg|50 km walk}}

{{MedalBronze |2002 Munich|50 km walk}}

}}

Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker.{{cite web |title=Biografía de Jesús Ángel García |url=http://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/personas/almacen/garciajesusang.pdf |publisher=Real Federación Española de Atletismo |language=es |access-date=1 June 2015 |archive-date=14 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214075150/http://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/personas/almacen/garciajesusang.pdf |url-status=dead}} He has competed at eight Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever in athletics.{{cite web |title=Jesús Ángel García |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=angel-garcia-jesus/index.html |publisher=NBC |language=es |access-date=20 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919124317/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=angel-garcia-jesus/index.html |archive-date=2016-09-19}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jesus-angel-garcia-1.html |title=Jesús Ángel García |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705000806/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jesus-angel-garcia-1.html |archive-date=2009-07-05 |url-status=dead |quote=Full name: Jesús Ángel García Bragado}} He was married to gymnast Carmen Acedo. He retired in 2021 after the Tokyo Olympics.

Personal bests

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EventResultVenueDate
20 km1:23:00 hrs {{flagicon|ESP}} A Coruña20 June 2009
50 km3:39:54 hrs{{flagicon|CZE}} Poděbrady20 April 1997

Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]

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Olympic Games

! Discipline

! Place

{{flagicon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelonaalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|10
{{flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlantaalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|DNF
{{flagicon|AUS}} 2000 Sydneyalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|12
{{flagicon|GRE}} 2004 Athensalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|5
{{flagicon|CHN}} 2008 Beijingalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|4
{{flagicon|GBR}} 2012 Londonalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|19
{{flagicon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiroalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|20
{{flagicon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyoalign=center| 50 km Walkalign=center|35

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}}
1991

|Universiade

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|5th

|20 km

|1:26:17

1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|10th

|50 km

|3:58:43

rowspan=2|1993

|World Race Walking Cup

|Monterrey, Mexico

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:52:44

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|50 km

|3:41:41

1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|4th

|50 km

|3:45:25

rowspan=2|1995

|World Race Walking Cup

|Beijing, China

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:41:54

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|5th

|50 km

|3:48:05

rowspan=3|1996

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|A Coruña, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|50 km

|3:51:01

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Team - 50 km

|437 pts

Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

| —

|50 km

|DNF

rowspan=2|1997

|World Race Walking Cup

|Poděbrady, Czech Republic

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|50 km

|3:39:54

World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:44:59

rowspan=3|1998

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Dudince, Slovakia

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:43:17

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Team - 50 km

|21 pts

European Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

| —

|50 km

|DQ

rowspan=2|1999

|World Race Walking Cup

|Mézidon-Canon, France

|4th

|50 km

|3:40:40

World Championships

|Seville, Spain

| —

|50 km

|DNF

rowspan=3|2000

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|50 km

|3:42:51

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team - 50 km

|15 pts

Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|12th

|50 km

|3:49:31

rowspan=3|2001

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Dudince, Slovakia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|50 km

|3:44:26

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team - 50 km

|21 pts

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:43:07

rowspan=2|2002

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|50 km

|3:44:33

World Race Walking Cup

|Torino, Italy

| —

|50 km

|DQ

2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|6th

|50 km

|3:43:56

rowspan=2|2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|5th

|50 km

|3:44:42

World Race Walking Cup

|Naumburg, Germany

|6th

|50 km

|3:50:33

rowspan=3|2005

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Miskolc, Hungary

|14th

|20 km

|1:24:05

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team - 20 km

|33 pts

World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

| —

|50 km

|DSQ

rowspan=2|2006

|European Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:42:48

World Race Walking Cup

|A Coruña, Spain

|6th

|50 km

|3:46:11

rowspan=3|2007

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

|6th

|50 km

|3:46:08

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team - 50 km

|23 pts

World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

| —

|50 km

|DQ

rowspan=2|2008

|World Race Walking Cup

|Cheboksary, Russia

|14th

|50 km

|3:52:31

Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|4th

|50 km

|3:44:08

rowspan=3|2009

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Metz, France

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|50 km

|3:46:27

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Team - 50 km

|13 pts

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|50 km

|3:41:37

rowspan=2|2010

|World Race Walking Cup

|Chihuahua, Mexico

|5th

|50 km

|3:55:41

European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|5th

|50 km

|3:47:56

2011

|World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

| —

|50 km

|DQ

rowspan=2|2012

|World Race Walking Cup

|Saransk, Russia

|6th

|50 km

|3:48:15

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|19th

|50 km

|3:48:32

rowspan=2|2013

|European Race Walking Cup

|Dudince, Slovakia

|11th

|50 km

|3:52:37

World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|12th

|50 km

|3:46:44

rowspan=2|2014

|World Race Walking Cup

|Taicang, China

|20th

|50 km

|3:55:38

European Championships

|Zürich, Switzerland

|8th

|50 km

|3:45:41

rowspan=2|2015

|European Race Walking Cup

|Murcia, Spain

| —

|50 km

|DQ

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|9th

|50 km

|3:46:43

rowspan=2|2016

|World Race Walking Team Champ.

|Rome, Italy

| —

|50 km

|DNF

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|20th

|50 km

|3:54:29

rowspan=1|2018

|World Race Walking Team Champ.

|Taicang, China

|18th

|50 km

|3:53:48

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|8th

|50 km

|4:11:28

2021

|Olympic Games

|Sapporo, Japan

|35th

|50 km

|4:10:03

References

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