Roxana Díaz (athlete)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Roxana Tomasa Díaz Sánchez |
Born | Melena del Sur, Mayabeque | May 17, 1981
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
Updated on 7 June 2013 |
Roxana Tomasa Díaz Sánchez (born May 17, 1981, in Melena del Sur, Havana) is a female track and field sprinter from Cuba.
Career
[edit]Her personal best in the women's 200 metres is 22.68, achieved on July 4, 2007, at a meet in Salamanca. Díaz is a two-time Olympian (2004 and 2008).
Personal best
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 m: 11.31 s A (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Guatemala City, 11 May 2002
- 200 m: 22.68 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) – Salamanca, 4 July 2007
- 400 m: 52.09 s – Alcalá de Henares, 12 July 2008
Indoor
- 60 m: 7.30 s – Athens, 6 March 2003
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | Havana, Cuba | 3rd (h) | 100 m | 12.11 s (wind: -2.9 m/s) |
4th | 4 × 100 m | 45.75 s | |||
2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 100 m | 11.32 s (wind: +2.3 m/s) w A |
2nd | 200 m | 23.00 s (wind: +2.7 m/s) w A | |||
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 11th (h) | 200 m | DQ |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | St George's, Grenada | 2nd | 200 m | 22.74 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.83 s | |||
Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 200 m | 22.69 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) | |
2nd | 4 × 100 m | 43.40 s | |||
World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 13th (sf) | 200 m | 23.12 s (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
10th (h) | 4 × 100 m | 43.82 s | |||
2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st | 200 m | 23.73 s (wind: -1.6 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.66 s | |||
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m | 43.60 s | |
2005 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 100 m | 11.53 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 23.34 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | 200 m | 23.14 s (wind: +3.8 m/s) w | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 45.07 s | |||
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 200 m | 22.76 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.29 s | |||
2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | 200 m | 22.98 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.86 s | |||
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 200 m | 22.90 s (wind: -0.6 m/s) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.62 s | |||
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 22.98 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
– | 4 × 100 m | DQ | |||
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 200 m | 22.82 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 15th (sf) | 200 m | 23.12 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) | |
6th | 4 × 400 m | 3:23.21 min | |||
2009 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 200 m | 23.31 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 200 m | 23.56 s (wind: -1.2 m/s) | |
1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:29.94 min | |||
2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 2nd | 200 m | 23.25 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:30.73 min | |||
2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 6th | 200 m | 23.45 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) A |
4th | 4 × 100 m | 43.97 s A |
References
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Cuban female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Cuba
- People from Mayabeque Province
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic female sprinters
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