Valentí Massana

Valentín Massana Gracia^[a] (born 5 July 1970 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker, and the Spanish national record holder in the men's 50 km walk (3:38:43) in Ourense, March 20, 1994.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	2nd	10,000 m	41:33.95
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	20 km	1:23:53
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	20 km	1:25:37.8
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	5000 m	19:08.79
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	10th	20 km	1:21:56
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	20 km	1:20:29
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	—	20 km	DSQ
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	2nd	20 km	1:24:32
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	20 km	1:22:31
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	20 km	1:20.33
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	20 km	1:20:23
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	20th	20 km	1:24:14
			3rd	50 km	3:44:19
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th	20 km	1:23.36
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	8th	50 km	3:45:29
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	50 km	3:51:55
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	50 km	3:46:01
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th	50 km	3:48:28

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Massana and the second or maternal family name is Gracia.

References

1. "Track and field records of Spain". rfea.es. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2007.

External links

• Valentí Massana in the Catalonia's Championship at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2007)
• Valentín Massana at World Athletics
• Valentin Massana at Olympics.com
• Valentin Massana at Olympic.org (archived)
• Valentín Massana Gracia (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)