Rubén Carrerou

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Rubén Carrerou (* 1920 ) is a former Uruguayan athlete .

Career

Carrerou was active in the hammer throw discipline . His personal best was on October 5, 1946, when he achieved a distance of 51.61 meters in the competition in Montevideo . For the 1948 Olympic Games in London , the Carrerou , which at that time belonged to Club Atlético Atenas , was included in a preselection, but ultimately did not make it into the Olympic squad.

At the unofficial South American Championships in 1950, he won the hammer throw competition with a width of 50.29 meters in front of the Chilean Edmundo Zúñiga and his compatriot Enrique Vázquez . He also took part with the Uruguayan team in the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires .

successes

  • 1st place South American Championships (unofficial): 1950

Personal best

  • Hammer throw: 51.61 meters, October 5, 1946, Montevideo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rubén Carrerou in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English), accessed on August 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Atenas despide a sus representantes" in El Bien Publico of July 2, 1948
  3. ↑ SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNOFFICIAL) on gbrathletics.com, accessed on August 6, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Carrerou, Rubén
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 1920