María Caridad Colón
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Full name | María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 25, 1958 Baracoa, Cuba | (age 63)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958 in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record.[1]
She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[3]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1976 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) |
Xalapa, Mexico | 3rd | Shot put | 10.60 m |
1st | Javelin | 46.13 m | |||
1978 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | Javelin | 63.40 m |
1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | Javelin | 62.36 m |
Soviet Spartakiad | Moscow, Soviet Union | 2nd | Javelin | 62.30 m | |
World Cup | Montreal, Canada | 3rd | Javelin | 63.50 m1 | |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1st | Javelin | 68.40 m |
1982 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Javelin | 62.80 m |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | Javelin | 62.04 m |
Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | Javelin | 63.76 m | |
Ibero-American Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Javelin | 57.60 m | |
1984 | Friendship Games | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 3rd | Javelin | 64.34 m |
1985 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | Javelin | 62.78 m |
Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 3rd | Javelin | 62.46 m | |
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 7th | Javelin | 54.00 m1 | |
1986 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Santiago, Dominican Republic | 1st | Javelin | 67.00 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Javelin | 61.80 m | |
1987 | Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | Javelin | 61.66 m |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 18th (q) | Javelin | 57.82 m | |
1990 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 2nd | Javelin | 55.86 m |
1Representing the Americas
References[]
- ^ Fuller, Linda K. (2016). Female olympians : a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 41. ISBN 9781137594815. OCLC 966525012.
- ^ Official Results[usurped!] p. 89 "María Caridad Colón became the first woman in these events who carried the torch to light the fire stand in the main stadium during the opening act."
- ^ "María de la Caridad Colón Rueñes". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
External links[]
- María Caridad Colon at World Athletics
- Maria Colon at the International Olympic Committee
- María Colon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Baracoa
- Cuban female javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- Universiade bronze medalists for Cuba
- International Olympic Committee members
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Friendship Games medalists in athletics
- Cuban athletics biography stubs