Lois Maikel Martínez
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Full name | Lois Maikel Martínez González | |||||||||||||
Born | Havana, Cuba[1] | June 3, 1981|||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (269 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | |||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Club | Playas de Castellón[2] | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Antonio Simarro | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 23 May 2013. |
Lois Maikel Martínez González (born 3 June 1981 in Havana) is a male discus thrower from Cuba. In 2015, he changed his allegiance to Spain.[1] His personal best throw is 67.45 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Havana.[3]
Career[]
He finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without qualifying for the final round.[3] On the regional level he won the bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games[4] and the silver medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.[5] He became Cuban champion in 2002 and 2006, having a rivalry with Alexis Elizalde and Frank Casañas.[6]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1996 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) |
San Salvador, El Salvador | 5th | Shot put (5 kg) | 13.41 m |
1st | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 47.58 m | |||
1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 12th (q) | Discus throw | 47.59 m |
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago de Chile, Chile | 6th | Discus throw | 56.94 m |
2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 3rd | Discus throw | 61.36 m |
World Championships | Paris, France | 12th (q) | Discus throw | 57.87 m | |
2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 2nd | Discus throw | 62.08 m |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 29th | Discus throw | 57.18 m | |
2005 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 1st | Discus throw | 61.31 m |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | Discus throw | 59.35 m | |
Representing Spain | |||||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 28th (q) | Discus throw | 58.01 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th | Discus throw | 59.27 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 27th (q) | Discus throw | 59.42 m | |
2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 5th | Discus throw | 58.61 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 24th (q) | Discus throw | 54.56 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 30th (q) | Discus throw | 54.69 m |
External links[]
- Así lleva el confinamiento Lois Maikel en somosatletismo.com
- Lois Maikel Martínez at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lois Maikel Martínez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Picture of Lois Maikel Martínez[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "Lois Maikel Martínez, nuevo discóbolo español". The Wang Connection (in Spanish). Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ RFEA profile
- ^ a b Lois Maikel Martínez at World Athletics
- ^ "Pan American Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Cuban Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ López Dot, Jordi (7 July 2010), MITING CIUTAT DE MATARO-CAMPIONAT DE CATALUNYA ABSOLUT OPEN/Lois Maikel Martinez 675A0794.JPG (in Catalan), Federació Catalana d'Atletisme, archived from the original on 12 August 2010, retrieved 11 April 2012
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Cuban male discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Cuban emigrants to Spain
- Spanish Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Cuban athletics biography stubs