Silvia Costa
| Silvia Costa medal table |
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 1993 Stuttgart | 1.97 m |
| Indoor world championships | ||
| bronze | 1985 Paris | 1.90 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| silver | 1995 Mar del Plata | 1.91 m |
| silver | 1987 Indianapolis | 1.92 m |
| silver | 1983 Caracas | 1.88 m |
Silvia Costa ( Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez ; born May 4, 1964 in La Palma , Province of Pinar del Río ) is a former Cuban high jumper .
In 1979 she won the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships in Guadalajara . She won further titles there in 1981, 1985 and 1989. At the Central America and Caribbean Games , she won gold in 1982 and 1986 and in 1990 the silver medal. She came second three times in the Pan American Games (1983, 1987, 1995).
In 1985 she won a bronze medal in the high jump at the World Indoor Athletics Games in Paris . She shared third place with two other jumpers. In 1989 she achieved her personal best of 2.04 m. Previously, only three athletes - Stefka Kostadinova , Lyudmila Andonova and Tamara Bykowa - had ever jumped a greater height.
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Costa finished sixth. The most important international success she achieved at the World Athletics Championships in 1993 in Stuttgart. With a jumped height of 1.97 m, she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Ioamnet Quintero (1.99 m) and in front of the same height Sigrid Kirchmann from Austria.
Silvia Costa is 1.79 m tall and weighed 60 kg during her active time.
Top performances
Web links
- Silvia Costa in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Silvia Costa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Costa, Silvia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Costa Acosta-Martínez, Silvia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban high jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Palma , Province of Pinar del Río |