Cristina Hechavarria
Sport
SportAthletics
Event100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best11.9 seconds (1966)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place1966 San Juan100 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1967 Winnipeg4 × 100 m relay

Cristina Hechavarria (also known as Cristina Echevarria) was a Cuban sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games, and the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games. She was the grandmother and first coach of 2016 Olympic silver-medalist Orlando Ortega.[2] She died when Ortega was young, and in her remembrance Ortega kept all his medals at her house.[3]

Her husband Orlando Ortega Sr. was a member of the Cuba national football team in the 1960s.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nacianceno, Alfonso (1 February 2018). "Cuba's enemies silenced". Granma.
  2. 1 2 Javier Clavelo (24 July 2012). "Orlando Ortega Focus On Athletes Biography".
  3. ↑ Steve Landells (30 December 2017). "THAT MOMENT WHEN… ORTEGA WON HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEDAL".
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