Alex Quiñónez
- Born
- Aug 11, 1989 (37 years old)
- Birthplace
- Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Events
- 200 m · 100 m
- Height
- 1.96 m
- Weight
- 65 kg
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 October 22, 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 Quiñónez won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event He qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 200m in Tokyo but was provisionally suspended for "whereabouts failures" less than a month before the games began.
As of Oct 28, 2026: 200 m 19.87 (#63 all-time), 100 m 10.09 (#508 all-time), 2021 season best 20.73 (Jun 12, 2021, La Nucia (ESP)) · Last competition: Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto, Jun 23, 2021, 20.83 · World Championships: 1 bronze · National record (100 m) · 37 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 200m | 20.73 | -1.3 | Jun 12, 2021 | Spanish Club Championships, La Nucia |
| 2021 | 4x200Metre | 1:24.89 | – | May 2, 2021 | World Athletics Relays |
| 2020 | 100m | 10.29 | -1.7 | Dec 12, 2020 | Gran Prix Richard Boroto |
| 2020 | 200m | 21.08 | -0.5 | Dec 13, 2020 | Gran Prix Richard Boroto |
| 2019 | 60m Indoor | 6.66 | – | Feb 8, 2019 | Meeting Villa de Madrid |
| 2019 | 60m | 6.88 | – | Feb 6, 2019 | – |
| 2019 | 200m | 19.87 | -0.1 | Jul 5, 2019 | Athletissima Lausanne |
| 2019 | 200m-short-track Indoor | 21.12 | – | Feb 2, 2019 | San Sebastián (ESP) (i) |