Daniel Plaza


Daniel Plaza Montero is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 in his native Barcelona, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.

Overturned drugs ban

In 2006 Plaza was cleared of a Nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court