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.[1][2] Shot to death in October 2021, he was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.

Álex Quiñónez
Quiñónez at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAlex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez
NationalityEcuadorian
Born(1989-08-11)11 August 1989
Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Died22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 32)
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m 10.09 (+2.0 m/s) (Medellín 2013)
200 m 19.87 (−0.1 m/s) (Lausanne 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ecuador
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Doha200 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima200 m
Continental Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ostrava200 m
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Cartagena100 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Cartagena200 m
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2014 Santiago 100 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 Santiago 200 m
Ibero-American Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Barquisimeto100 m
Gold medal – first place2012 Barquisimeto200 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 Barquisimeto4×100 m relay

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 Olympics.

He ran a new Ecuadorian national record of 20.28 s in the heats of the 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics and qualified himself for the final. He finished seventh in the final.[2]

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.[3][4]

Death

Quiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021, in Guayaquil.[5][6] He was 32 years old.

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

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

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alex Quiñónez.
  1. "Alex Quinonez – Athlete profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. "Alex Quiñónez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. "World 200m medalist provisionally suspended as Olympics near". 1 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. "Olympic Sprinter Alex Quiñónez Fatally Shot in Ecuador". US News. Associated Press. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. "Alex Quiñónez: Ecuador sprinter shot dead". BBC News. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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