Ioamnet Quintero
Personal information
Full nameIoamnet Quintero Alvarez
BornSeptember 8, 1972 (1972-09-08) (age 51)
Havana, Cuba
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona High jump
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stuttgart High jump
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1992 Havana High jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana High jump
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata High jump

Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez[lower-alpha 1] (born September 8, 1972, in Havana, Cuba) is a former high jumper from Cuba.

Biography

She won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 and 2000 games.[1] She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
1988 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 2nd High jump 1.78 m
5th Long jump 5.42 m
1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba 1st High jump 1.85 m
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4th High jump 1.85 m
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 1st High jump 1.88 m
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 1st High jump 1.98 m CR
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd High jump 1.97 m
World Cup Havana, Cuba 1st High jump 1.94 m[lower-alpha 2]
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 6th High jump 1.97 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st High jump 1.99 m
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 4th High jump 1.91 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 23rd (q) High jump 1.80 m
Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st High jump 1.94 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 18th (q) High jump 1.90 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 17th (q) High jump 1.90 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 5th High jump 1.95 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th (q) High jump 1.92 m

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintero and the second or maternal family name is Alvarez.
  2. ↑ Representing the Americas

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioamnet Quintero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ Duffy, Tony / Allsport (January 1, 1993), 1993: Ioamnet Quintero of Cuba in action during the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Getty Images, Inc., retrieved March 27, 2012


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