Henry Vizcaíno

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Henry Vizcaíno
Personal information
Full nameHenry Máximo Vizcaíno Monteliel
Born (1980-05-16) May 16, 1980 (age 44)
Athletics
Updated on 21 May 2013

Henry Máximo Vizcaíno Monteliel (born 16 May 1980 in Santa Clara, Villa Clara) is a Cuban sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.[1][2] His personal best time over 100 m is 10.18 seconds, achieved in July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

He finished eighth in the

2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. However, in Beijing he qualified for the second round after finishing fourth in his heat behind Usain Bolt, Daniel Bailey and Vicente de Lima. His time of 10.28 was the second fastest losing time after the 10.25 of Nobuharu Asahara, advancing them to the second round. In that second round he only came to 10.33 seconds, which was the fifth time of the heat, causing elimination.[1]

Personal best

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games
La Habana, Cuba
1st 100 m 10.35 s (wind: -0.8 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 40.08 s
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Nassau, Bahamas 4th 100 m 10.20 s (wind: +1.9 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 39.40 s
2006 World Indoor Championships
Moscow, Russia
8th 60 m 6.84 s
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 12th (sf) 100 m
10.42 s
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 2nd 100 m 10.30 s w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.23 s
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4th 100 m 10.31 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m relay
39.46 s
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
28th (qf) 100 m 10.40 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008 World Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
22nd (sf) 60 m 6.77 s
Ibero-American Championships
Iquique, Chile
5th 100 m 10.70 s (wind: -2.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali, Colombia
3rd 100 m 10.34 s A (wind: +0.6 m/s)
14th (sf) 200 m 21.28 s A (wind: +1.1 m/s)
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
30th (qf) 100 m 10.33 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009 ALBA Games
La Habana, Cuba
2nd (h) 100 m 10.79 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)

References

  1. ^ a b Athlete biography: Jenris Vizcaino, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008
  2. ^ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013

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