Graciela Acosta

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Graciela Acosta , full name Graciela Acosta Bastos , (* 1963 ) is a former Uruguayan athlete .

Career

Acosta was active in the long jump and triple jump as well as in the running competitions on the sprint courses. At the Junior South American Championships in 1981 , she won the bronze medal in the long jump with a distance of 5.74 meters. In the same year she was also third in this discipline at the South American Championships in 1981 . The following year she took part with the Uruguayan team in the 1982 South American Games in Argentina . There she won silver in the long jump. She also won silver at the South American Championships in 1983 with the 4 x 100 meter relay . At the South American Championships in 1985 , she placed behind Conceição Geremias and Silvia Murialdo in 3rd place in the long jump competition. She was again a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 1986 South American Games in Chile . There she reached 5.78 meters and won gold in the long jump competition. In the same year she won bronze in the Ibero-American Championships in 1986 in the long jump behind the two Cubans Eloína Echevarría and Niurka Montalvo . With the 4 x 100 meter relay of Uruguay consisting of Virginia Guerra , Soledad Acerenza , Claudia Acerenza and you, she came 4th at these championships.

In 1990, starting for the German club USC Mainz , she achieved her personal career best in the long jump with 5.99 meters at the event in Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate . At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, she missed the triple jump final as 13th in her qualifying group.

In 2001 she took part in the Senior World Championships in Brisbane and won the silver medal in the triple jump with a distance of 11.01 meters.

successes

  • 3rd place Junior South American Championship 1981 - long jump
  • 3rd place South American Championship 1981 - long jump
  • 2nd place South American Games 1982 - long jump
  • 2nd place South American Championship 1983 - 4 x 100 meter relay
  • 3rd place South American Championship 1985 - long jump
  • 1st place South American Games 1986 - long jump
  • 3rd place Ibero-American Championships 1986 - long jump

Personal best

  • Long jump: 5.99 meters, July 14, 1990, Betzdorf
  • Triple jump: 12.55 meters, June 26, 1993, Montevideo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Best list of all times in the long jump of the women of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate until December 31, 2011 on Leichtathletikarchiv-rheinland-pfalz.de, accessed on August 9, 2017 (PDF)
  2. ↑ a b c Graciela Acosta in the World Athletics database , accessed on August 15, 2015
  3. ↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) on gbrathletics.com, accessed on August 15, 2015
  4. ↑ SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) on gbrathletics.com, accessed on August 15, 2015
  5. ↑ II JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS ARGENTINA 1982 ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on cou.org.uy, accessed on August 15, 2015
  6. ↑ SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) on gbrathletics.com, accessed on August 15, 2015
  7. ↑ III JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS CHILE 1986 ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on cou.org.uy, accessed on August 15, 2015
  8. ↑ EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO (Spanish) on rfea.es, accessed on August 15, 2015 (PDF)
  9. ↑ Best list of all times in the long jump of the women of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate until December 31, 2011 on Leichtathletikarchiv-rheinland-pfalz.de, accessed on August 9, 2017 (PDF)
  10. ↑ HONORS - Triple Jump at iaaf.org, accessed August 15, 2015
  11. ↑ Graciela Acosta fue plata en salto triple (Spanish) in La República of July 11, 2001, accessed on August 15, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Acosta, Graciela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acosta Bastos, Graciela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 1963