Iván García (sprinter)
Medal record | ||
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Athletics | ||
Representing Cuba | ||
CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
1990 Havana | 4x100 m relay |
Iván García Sánchez (born February 29, 1972 in Santiago de Cuba) is a former sprinter from Cuba.
Career[]
He won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the 200 metres event and won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He finished fourth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Personal bests[]
- 100 metres - 10.21 (1994)
- 200 metres - 20.17 (1995)
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1990 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 40.62 |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 200 m | 20.82 |
Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 3rd | 200 m | 20.55 (w) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 39.20 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 2nd | 200 m | 20.71 | |
1994 | Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia | 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 38.76 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:01.87 | |||
1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | 200 m | 20.29 |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 38.67 | |||
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8th | 200 m | 20.77 (0.5 m/s) | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 6th | 200 m | 20.21 (0.4 m/s) |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 200 m | 20.46 PB |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 4th | 200 m | 20.31 w (2.3 m/s) | |
1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 3rd | 200 m | 20.81 |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th (sf) | 200 m | 20.38 (1.7 m/s) |
4th | 4 × 100 m | 38.63 | |||
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 38.04 SB |
External[]
- Iván García at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iván García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11.
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Cuban male sprinters
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Universiade bronze medalists for Cuba
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Cuban Olympic medalist stubs
- Cuban athletics biography stubs