María Caridad Colón
Cuban javelin thrower
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Full name | María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 25, 1958 (1958-03-25) (age 66) Baracoa, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958, in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record.[1]
She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[3]
International competitions
1Representing the Americas
References
- ^ Fuller, Linda K. (2016). Female olympians : a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 41. ISBN 9781137594815. OCLC 966525012.
- ^ Official Results[usurped] p. 89 "María Caridad Colón became the first woman in these events who carried the torch to light the fire stand in the main stadium during the opening act."
- ^ "María de la Caridad Colón Rueñes". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
External links
- María Caridad Colon at World Athletics
- Maria Colon at Olympics.com
- María Colon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1932:
Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936:
Tilly Fleischer (GER)
- 1948:
Herma Bauma (AUT)
- 1952:
Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1956:
Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
- 1960:
Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1964:
Mihaela Peneș (ROU)
- 1968:
Angéla Németh (HUN)
- 1972:
Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1976:
Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1980:
María Caridad Colón (CUB)
- 1984:
Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
- 1988:
Petra Felke (GDR)
- 1992:
Silke Renk (GER)
- 1996:
Heli Rantanen (FIN)
- 2000:
Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 2004:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2008:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2012:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2016:
Sara Kolak (CRO)
- 2020:
Liu Shiying (CHN)
- 2024:
Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)
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