Miguelina Cobián
| Miguelina Cobián medal table |
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 Cuba
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | 1968 Mexico City | 4 × 100 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| gold | 1967 Winnipeg | 4 × 100 m |
| silver | 1967 Winnipeg | 100 m |
| silver | 1963 São Paulo | 100 m |
| silver | 1963 São Paulo | 200 m |
| silver | 1963 São Paulo | 4 × 100 m |
| bronze | 1967 Winnipeg | 200 m |
Miguelina Cobián Hechavarría (born December 19, 1941 in Santiago de Cuba , † December 1, 2019 ) was a Cuban athlete . She was one of the most successful sprinters of the 1960s.
Career
At the Pan American Games in São Paulo in 1963 Cobián won silver medals in the 100-meter run , in the 200-meter run and in the 4 x 100-meter relay together with Fulgencia Romay , Irene Martínez and Nereida Borges . The following year she was fifth at the Tokyo Olympics and reached the semi-finals over 200 meters. At the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in 1967 , she won the relay with Marcia Garbey , Violeta Quesada and Cristina Hechevarría , repeated her second place over 100 meters and was third in the 200-meter run.
Cobián celebrated her most significant success at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , when she won the silver medal behind the US and Soviet teams together with Violeta Quesada, Marlene Elejarde and Fulgencia Romay. The four were the first female Olympic medalists from Cuba. She also finished eighth in the 100-meter run, but again missed the finals in the 200-meter run.
Her other successes include three victories in the 100-meter run at Central America and Caribbean Games (1962 in Kingston, 1966 in San Juan and 1970 in Panama City) and one over 200 meters (1970). At the Central America and Caribbean Championships, she won in 1967 in Xalapa and 1969 in Havana in the 200-meter run and 1969 in the 100-meter run. At Universiaden she won bronze over both distances in Porto Alegre in 1963 and silver in Budapest in 1965 .
Miguelina Cobián was 1.70 m tall, weighed 63 kg during her playing days and was nicknamed La Gacela Oriental. Her best performances were 11.41 seconds over 100 meters and 23.39 seconds over 200 meters, both run in Mexico City in 1968.
Web links
- Miguelina Cobián in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women)
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: World Student Games (Universiade - Women)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cobián, Miguelina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobián Hechavarría, Miguelina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Cuba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 2019 |