Former Barça athlete Álex Quiñónez was shot dead

BarcelonaEcuadorian Olympic sprinter Álex Quiñónez, 32, was shot dead this Friday in the city of Guayaquil, as confirmed by the president of the Provincial Sports Federation of Guayas, Roberto Ibáñez, in a message on the social network Twitter. “My heart is totally shattered. I can’t find words to describe the emptiness I feel,” Ibáñez wrote in his shocking message.

Another citizen who was next to Quiñónez at the time of the attack was also killed and tried to flee, according to the Ecuadorian newspaper. The universe. Ecuadorian police have announced that they have “activated the equipment” to capture the alleged perpetrators of the attack, but have not offered further details on what could have been the reasons that would have motivated the execution of the crime.

Álex Quiñónez qualified for the 2012 London Olympics, where he reached the 200m freestyle final. In 2019 he won the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, also in the 200m category. He was currently serving a one-year sanction for doping, as he did not appear in the last three tests for which he was cited.

That fact did not allow him to take part in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, but he could have participated in the next World Cup to be held next year in Eugene, USA. In addition to the World Cup bronze, the athlete took seventh place at the London Games in 2012. Seven years later, in February 2019, she joined Barça’s athletics section.

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