Iñaki Gómez

Iñaki Gomez Goroztieta (born 16 January 1988) is a Canadian retired race walker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and finished in 13th place. More recently, he competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow where he finished 8th place.

In university, Gomez won three NAIA 5000-metre race walk titles (2008-2010) as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 12th place.

He announced retirement the following year, on 3 May 2017. In March 2018 Gómez was elected the World Athletics member of Athlete's Commission.

Personal bests Event Result Venue DateRoad walk 10 km 39:21 min Nomi, Japan 20 March 2016 20 km 1:19:20 hrs Nomi, Japan 20 March 2016Track walk 5000 m 18:45.64 min Sydney, Australia 18 February 2012 10,000 m 40:01.0 min (ht) Moncton, Canada 22 June 2013 20,000 m 1:26:27.1 hrs (ht) Calgary, Canada 25 June 2011

Achievements †: Guest appearance out of competition.