Iván García
| Iván García medal table |
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 Cuba
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | 2000 Sydney | 4 × 100 m |
| Indoor world championships | ||
| silver | 1997 Paris | 200 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| gold | 1995 Mar del Plata | 200 m |
Iván García (born February 29, 1972 in Santiago de Cuba ) is a former Cuban sprinter who specializes in the 200-meter run .
Life
At the World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993 , he just missed a medal in fourth over 200 m. Two years later he won the gold medal over the same distance at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata . At the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 , he finished eighth in the 200-meter run.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , he was sixth in the 200-meter run. He also started there in the Cuban 4 x 100 meter relay , which finished sixth in the end, but was only used in the heats.
In 1997 he won the silver medal over 200 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris with a personal best time of 20.46 seconds. At the World Championships in Athens that year he was fourth in the 200-meter run. In contrast, he was eliminated in 1999 at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi and at the World Championships in Seville in the semi-finals.
He achieved the greatest success of his career at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . In the 4 x 100 meter relay, he won the bronze medal behind the relay from the United States and Brazil in 38.04 s together with Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda , Freddy Mayola and José Angel Cesar .
He was also a total of six times Cuban national champion in the 200-meter run (1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1999-2000).
Iván García had a competition weight of 75 kg with a height of 1.82 m.
Top performances
- 100 m : 10.09 s, May 8, 1993, Mexico City
- 200 m: 20.17 s, March 21, 1995, Mar del Plata
Web links
- Iván García in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Iván García in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Cuban Championships
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | García, Iván |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Cuba , Cuba |