Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.

Plaza won a gold medal in the 20 km walk event at the 1992 Olympic Games in his native Barcelona by beating Guillaume LeBlanc by a second becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.^[1]

He also won a silver medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split and bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	20 km	1:27:23.0 A
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	12th	20 km	1:21:53
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	11th	20 km	1:22:09
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	20 km	1:22:22
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	—	20 km	DQ
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	4th	20 km	1:21:00
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	20 km	1:21:45
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	6th	20 km	1:24:52
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	20 km	1:23:18
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DQ
1996	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	2nd	20 km	1:21:47
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th	20 km	1:22:05

Plaza was cleared of a nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court in 2006.^[2]

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