Mijail Lopez
Olympic athlete
1982 –
Who is Mijail Lopez?
Mijaín López Núñez is a Cuban wrestler. He is the 2007 world champion in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.
López has represented Cuba at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing and London, and was his country's flagbearer during the opening ceremonies. In both competitions he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category. On 18 October 2010 Mijaín López was rumoured to have defected and be training in Miami for MMA, however, Eric Castanos, the coach he was rumoured to be training with contradicted these rumours, stating that Mijaín López is still in Cuba and has never mentioned anything to him about defecting.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1982
Pinar del Río - Also known as
- Mijaín López Núñez
- The Kid
- The Terrible
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Profession
- Lived in
- Pinar del Río
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on July 23, 2013
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