Mijaín López

Cuban wrestler

米哈因·洛佩兹 · ミハイン・ロペス · 미하인 로페스

Born

20 August 1982, Herradura

Citizenship

Cuba

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

198 cm (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

130 kg (287 lb)

Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban retired Greco-Roman wrestler. Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, for a total of 10 world gold medals (second highest, behind Aleksandr Karelin's twelve), and a five-time Pan American Games champion. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer. López was Cuba's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and one of the country's flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Upon winning the gold medal in the Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikiquote
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q462790 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.