Álex Quiñónez

Álex Quiñónez
	Quiñónez at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Alex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez
Born	11 August 1989; Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Died	22 October 2021 (aged 32); Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m 10.09 (+2.0 m/s) (Medellín 2013); 200 m 19.87 (−0.1 m/s) (Lausanne 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Ecuador
World Championships
Pan American Games
Continental Cup
South American Championships
South American Games
Ibero-American Championships

Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1]^[2] Shot to death in October 2021, 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.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

Death

Quiñónez was shot and killed on 22 October 2021, in Guayaquil.^[5]^[6] He was 32 years old.

Personal bests

100 m: 10.09 s A NR (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Medellín, 25 May 2013
200 m: 19.87 s NR (wind: -0.1 m/s) – Lausanne, 5 July 2019
400 m: 46.28 s NR – Braga, 29 June 2019

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ecuador
2006	South American Youth Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	5th (h)	200 m	22.88 (−1.2 m/s)
			6th (h)	400 m	51.91
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	43.63
			4th	1000 m Medley relay	1:59.96
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	8th	200 m	22.09 w (+2.3 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.67
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	11th (h)	200 m	21.57 (+0.7 m/s)
	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	5th	4 × 100 m relay	41.90
	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	200 m	20.95 w (+2.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.7
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.94
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	6th	200 m	20.86 A (−1.0 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.76 A NR
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	100 m	10.33 (−0.2 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.34 NR (−0.9 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.83
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.48
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	200 m	20.57 (+0.4 m/s)
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.22 (+1.3 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.44 (+1.8 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.11
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.61
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	44th (h)	100 m	10.50 (−0.4 m/s)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (sf)	200 m	20.55 (+0.0 m/s)
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	1st	100 m	10.52 (−0.3 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.47 GR(+0.0 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.62
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.19
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	100 m	10.39 s (+1.1 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	20.66 s (−1.0 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.41 s
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	100 m	10.43 (−1.1 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.76 (0.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.94
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	200 m	DQ
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.61
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.13
			1st	200 m	20.27
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.83
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.81
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	100 m	10.09
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	200 m	19.93
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	10th (h)	4 × 200 m relay	1:27.22
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	200 m	20.27
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	200 m	19.98
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	4th	4 × 200 m relay	1:24.89