Alejandro Casañas

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Alejandro Casañas
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow 110 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City 4 x 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas 110 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Santo Domingo 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1978 Medellín 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1982 Havana 110 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Ponce 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Santo Domingo 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Havana 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1985 Nassau 110 m hurdles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia 110 m hurdles
Representing Americas
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1977 Düsseldorf 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1981 Rome 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Montreal 110 m hurdles

Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954) is a former Cuban hurdler.

At the

110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds. This record would, however, only stand for two years. He could never fully copy the world-leading performance at the Olympic Games, where he won silver medals in 1976 and 1980
.

His Cuban record time has later been improved by Anier García, Dayron Robles and Emilio Valle.[1]

References

External links

  • Alejandro Casañas at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alejandro Casañas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • 1975 Pan American 4 x 100 metres relay final
Records
Preceded by
Rodney Milburn
Men's 110m Hurdles World Record Holder

August 21, 1977 — April 14, 1979
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Men's 110m Hurdles Best Year Performance

1977
Succeeded by