Aliuska López Explained

Aliuska López (pronounced as /es/; Aliuska Yanira López Pedroso; born August 29, 1969) is a Spanish athlete of Cuban origin. She competes mostly in hurdling. The world junior champion from 1988, she is still the world junior record holder at 100 metres hurdles. She was a very successful athlete while competing for her birthcountry Cuba, later switching nationality to Spain.

López is the cousin of long jumper Iván Pedroso.

Personal bests

• 100 metres hurdles – 12.67 (1996)
• 100 metres – 11.53 (1987)
• 200 metres – 24.22 (1987)

International competitions

Representing
1986	CAC Junior Championships (U-20)	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd	200 m	24.65 A
			bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	13.56 A
	Pan American Junior Championships	Winter Park, United States	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.53
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.14 (-0.8 m/s)
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	7th	60 m hurdles	8.25
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.84
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	44.06
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.91
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	15th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.31   (-0.9 m/s)
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	43.66
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	bgcolor=gold	1st	100m hurdles	13.23 (-2.6 m/s)
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.04
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.08
	CAC Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.33
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.12
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	4th	100 m hurdles	12.87
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	44.73
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	5th	100 m hurdles	12.99
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	44.35
	CAC Games	Mexico City, Mexico	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	12.94
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.54
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	60 m hurdles	8.03
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	12.99
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th	100 m hurdles	13.06   (-1.7 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	43.75
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	13.13 (-1.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	100 m hurdles	12.87   (0.4 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	100 m hurdles	13.06
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	5th	60 m hurdles	8.11
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	100 m hurdles	12.73   (0.2 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.89
	CAC Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	13.46
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.59
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.88 (w)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.37
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	100 m hurdles	12.91[1]
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	44.26
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	bgcolor=gold	1st	60 m hurdles	7.92
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	12.68 (w)
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.98   (-0.3 m/s)
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.70   (1.0 m/s)
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.32
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	18th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.31
	CAC Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	13.19
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	24th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.19   (-1.6 m/s)
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	12.76   (1.2 m/s)
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.83   (1.0 m/s)
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	100 m hurdles	12.83   (0.0 m/s)
Representing
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.01
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m hurdles	13.25   (-2.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	24th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.21   (-1.2 m/s)
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	13th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.15
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	5th	100 m hurdles	13.51
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	33rd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.73

Note: At the World Cup in both 1992 and 1994, Lopez was representing the Americas Continent.

Notes and References

1. Representing the Americas