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Cuban sprinter (born 1972)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
García and the second or maternal family name is
Sánchez.
Iván García Sánchez (born February 29, 1972, in
Santiago de Cuba) is a former
sprinter from
Cuba.
Career
He won an Olympic bronze medal in
4 x 100 metres relay in
Sydney 2000. He specialized in the
200 metres event and won a silver medal at the
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He finished fourth at the
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Personal bests
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing
Cuba
|
1990
|
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
|
Havana,
Cuba
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m
|
40.62
|
1993
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Toronto, Canada
|
4th
|
200 m
|
20.82
|
Universiade
|
Buffalo, United States
|
3rd
|
200 m
|
20.55 (w)
|
3rd
|
4 × 100 m
|
39.20
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Ponce, Puerto Rico
|
2nd
|
200 m
|
20.71
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m
|
39.24
|
1994
|
Goodwill Games
|
St. Petersburg, Russia
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m
|
38.76
|
2nd
|
4 × 400 m
|
3:01.87
|
1995
|
Pan American Games
|
Mar del Plata, Argentina
|
1st
|
200 m
|
20.29
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m
|
38.67
|
World Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
8th
|
200 m
|
20.77 (0.5 m/s)
|
1996
|
Olympic Games
|
Atlanta, United States
|
6th
|
200 m
|
20.21 (0.4 m/s)
|
1997
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Paris, France
|
2nd
|
200 m
|
20.46 PB
|
Central American and Caribbean Championships
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m
|
39.18
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
4th
|
200 m
|
20.31 w (2.3 m/s)
|
1998
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Maracaibo,
Venezuela
|
3rd
|
200 m
|
20.81
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m
|
38.79
|
1999
|
World Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
6th (sf)
|
200 m
|
20.38 (1.7 m/s)
|
4th
|
4 × 100 m
|
38.63
|
2000
|
Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
3rd
|
4 × 100 m
|
38.04 SB
|
External
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1951:
B. Brown,
M. Whitfield,
J. Voight,
H. Maiocco (
USA)
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1955:
J. Mashburn,
L. Spurrier,
J. Lea,
L. Jones (
USA)
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1959:
Mel Spence,
G. Kerr,
Mal Spence,
B. Ince (
BWI)
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1963:
O. Cassell,
J. Johnson,
R. Edmunds,
E. Young (
USA)
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1967:
V. Matthews,
E. Taylor,
E. Stinson,
L. Evans (
USA)
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1971:
J. Smith,
D. Alexander,
F. Newhouse,
T. Turner (
USA)
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1975:
H. Frazier,
R. Taylor,
M. Peoples,
R. Ray (
USA)
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1979:
T. Darden,
M. Peoples,
H. Frazier,
J. Walker (
USA)
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1983:
A. Babers,
M. Bradley,
J. Rolle,
E. Carey (
USA)
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1987:
R. Pierre,
K. Robinzine,
R. Haley,
M. Rowe (
USA)
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1991:
H. Herrera,
A. Pavó,
J. Valentín,
L. Martínez (
CUB)
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1995:
J. Crusellas,
N. Téllez,
O. Mena,
I. García (
CUB)
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1999:
D. Clarke,
M. McDonald,
D. McFarlane,
G. Haughton (
JAM)
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2003:
D. Clarke,
L. Spence,
S. Ayre,
M. Campbell (
JAM)
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2007:
A. Williams,
A. Moncur,
M. Mathieu,
C. Brown (
BAH)
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2011:
N. Ruíz,
R. Acea,
O. Cisneros,
W. Collazo (
CUB)
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2015:
R. Quow,
J. Solomon,
E. Mayers,
M. Cedenio (
TTO)
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2019:
J. Perlaza,
D. Palomeque,
J. Solís,
A. Zambrano (
COL)
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2023:
L. Carvalho,
M. Lima,
D. Hernandes,
L. Vilar (
BRA)
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- 1926:
Mexico (
Ahumada,
Gómez,
Ramírez,
Aguilar)
- 1930:
Cuba (
Torriente,
Rodríguez,
Alfonso,
Seino)
- 1935:
Cuba (
Rodríguez,
Acosta,
Torriente,
Verrier)
- 1938:
Puerto Rico (
Villodas,
Guerra,
Malavé,
Vázquez)
- 1946:
Panama (
Loney,
Thomas,
Clarke,
La Beach)
- 1950:
Cuba (
Fortún,
Farrés,
Mazorra,
Wilson)
- 1954:
Jamaica (
LaBeach,
Rhoden,
Gardner,
Laing)
- 1959:
Venezuela (
Bonas,
Murad,
Esteves,
Romero)
- 1962:
Venezuela (
Herrera,
Murad,
Romero,
Esteves)
- 1966:
Jamaica (
Clayton,
McNeil,
Headley,
Fray)
- 1970:
Cuba (
Ramírez,
Montes,
Morales,
Triana)
- 1974:
Cuba (
Triana,
Montes,
Bandomo,
Leonard)
- 1978:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Noel,
Crawford,
Husbands,
Serrette)
- 1982:
Cuba (
Lara,
Casañas,
Peñalver,
Saborit)
- 1986:
Cuba (
Lara,
Peñalver,
Querol,
Simón)
- 1990:
Cuba (
Simón,
Peñalver,
Stevens,
Isasi)
- 1993:
Cuba (
Simón,
I. García,
Isasi,
Aguilera)
- 1998:
Cuba (
A. García,
Ortiz,
I. García,
Pérez)
- 2002:
Dominican Republic (
Matos,
Morillo,
Sainfleur,
Báez)
- 2006:
Netherlands Antilles (
Mariano,
Kwidama,
Duzant,
Martina)
- 2010:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Sorrillo,
Burns,
Callender,
Bledman)
- 2014:
Cuba (
Ruíz,
Mena,
Luis,
Carrero)
- 2018:
Barbados (
Brathwaite,
Burke,
Ellis,
Hoyte)
- 2023:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Hosten,
Benjamin,
Harrison Jr.,
Augustine)
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