Virgen Benavides
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Virgen Benavides Muñoz |
| Born | December 31, 1974 Athletics |
| Updated on 7 June 2013 | |
Virgen Benavides Muñoz (born December 13 or 31,[1][2] 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Cuba.[2]
Benavides represented
Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of 11.45 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.40 was the fifth time of her race.[2]
Personal best
Outdoor
- 100 m: 11.14 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) –
Camagüey, 26 February 1999 - 200 m: 22.93 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) – Camagüey, 11 March 2000
Indoor
- 60 m: 7.16 s –
Karlsruhe, 15 February 2004
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Cuba
| |||||
| 1995 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.41 |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 5th | 100 m | 11.66 s (wind: -0.6 m/s) |
| 4th | 200 m | 23.28 s w (wind: +3.6 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.89 | |||
| 1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 3rd | 100 m | 11.25 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 4th | 100 m | 11.28 s (wind: +1.7 m/s) |
| 2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 3rd | 100 m | 11.48 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) A |
| 2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 3rd | 200 m | 23.36s (wind: -0.4 m/s) A |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4th (sf) | 60 m | 7.28 s |
| 2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St. George's, Grenada | 4th | 100 metres | 11.37 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 100 m | 11.28 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
| 2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 5th (qf) | 100 m | 11.40 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
| 2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st | 100 m | 11.33 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 6th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay
|
43.60 s |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 5th | 100 m | 11.61 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.29 s | |||
| 2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 11.35 s (wind: +1.5 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.86 s | |||
| Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th (sf) | 100 m | 11.45 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay
|
43.80 s | |||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | - | 4 × 100 m relay
|
DQ (h) | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 5th (sf) | 60 m | 7.25 s |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 8th | 100 m | 11.55 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) A | |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 5th (qf) | 100 m | 11.40 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
| 2009 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 100 m | 11.33 s w (wind: +3.9 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.93 s | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 4th (h) | 100 m | 11.65 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |
References
- ^ Virgen Benavides at World Athletics
- ^ a b c Athlete biography: Virgen Benavides, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 28, 2008
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