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Full name | María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 25, 1958 65) Baracoa, Cuba | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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