Álex Quiñónez

Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1] He was shot dead on October 22, 2021 at age 32.^[2] He was the second runner to be murdered that month, alongside fellow bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.

Álex Quiñónez

Quiñónez at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Alex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez
Born	(1989-08-11)11 August 1989 Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Died	22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (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 2019 Doha 200 m Pan American Games 2019 Lima 200 m Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 200 m South American Championships 2013 Cartagena 100 m 2013 Cartagena 200 m South American Games 2014 Santiago 100 m 2014 Santiago 200 m Ibero-American Championships 2012 Barquisimeto 100 m 2012 Barquisimeto 200 m 2012 Barquisimeto 4×100 m relay

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]

Murder

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)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.67
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	11th (h)	200 m	21.57 (+0.7 m/s)
			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)
			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)
			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
			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