Alex Quiñónez

Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was shot dead on 22 October 2021 at age 32. He was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.

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 2012 Summer Olympics.

He ran a new Ecuadorian national record of 20.28 s in the heats of the 200 metres at the 2012 Olympics and qualified for the final, where he finished seventh.

Murder Quiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021 in Guayaquil. He was 32 years old.

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

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