Raúl González

Raúl González Rodríguez (born February 29, 1952) is a Mexican former race walker.

Career González won the gold medal in 50 km walk at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won a silver medal in 20 km walk. He set an Olympic record winning the 50 km event in a time of 3:47:26.

González won the 50 km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983.

He set the world record in the 50 km race walk twice in 1978 with times of 3:45:52 and 3:41:20. As of October 2011, it still was the North American record.

Post-career González was a member of the national race walk team that received Mexico's National Sports Prize in 1977; he received the prize individually in 1978. From 1988 to 1994 he was Director of National Sports Commission of Mexico, and from 2002 to 2004 executive president of the Mexican Professional Baseball League.

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