Personal information | |
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Born |
Barcelona, Spain |
3 July 1966
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Race walking |
Club | Valencia CA; Sideco; CEMA Prat; La Seda |
Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 in his native Barcelona, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.
In 2006 Plaza was cleared of a Nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court