Álex Quiñónez

Álex Quiñónez
Quiñónez at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAlex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez
Born(1989-08-11)11 August 1989
Died22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 32)
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportAthletics
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

Álex Leonardo Quiñónez Martínez (11 August 1989 – 22 October 2021) was an Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was shot dead on October 22, 2021 at age 32. 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.

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.