- María Caridad Colón
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Rueñes-Salazar.
María Caridad Colón Personal information Born March 25, 1958 Medal recordWomen’s Athletics Competitor for 
CubaOlympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow Javelin Throw Pan American Games Gold 1979 San Juan Javelin Throw Gold 1983 Caracas Javelin Throw 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.
References
- IAAF profile for María Caridad Colón
- sports-reference
Olympic Champions in Women's Javelin Throw - 1932: Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936: Tilly Fleischer (GER)
- 1948: Herma Bauma (AUT)
- 1952: Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1956: Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
- 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1964: Mihaela Peneş (ROM)
- 1968: Angéla Németh (HUN)
- 1972: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1976: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1980: María Caridad Colón (CUB)
- 1984: Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
- 1988: Petra Felke (GDR)
- 1992: Silke Renk (GER)
- 1996: Heli Rantanen (FIN)
- 2000: Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 2004: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2008: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
Pan American Champions in Women's Javelin Throw 1951: Hortensia García (MEX) • 1955: Karen Anderson (USA) • 1959 – 1963: Marlene Ahrens (CHI) • 1967: Barbara Friedrich (USA) • 1971: Tomasa Núñez (CUB) • 1975: Sherry Calvert (USA) • 1979 – 1983: María Caridad Colón (CUB) • 1987: Ivonne Leal (CUB) • 1991: Dulce García (CUB) • 1995: Xiomara Rivero (CUB) • 1999: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) • 2003: Kim Kreiner (USA) • 2007: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) • 2011: Alicia DeShasier (USA)
1938: Rebecca Coldberg (PUR) • 1946 – 1950: Judith Caballero (PAN) • 1954: Ana Campos (PAN) • 1959: Berta Chiú (MEX) • 1962 – 1966: Hilda Ramírez (CUB) • 1970 – 1974: Tomasa Núñez (CUB) • 1978 – 1986: María Caridad Colón (CUB) • 1990: Herminia Bouza (CUB) • 1993: Isel López (CUB) • 1998: Sonia Bisset (CUB) • 2002: Zuleima Araméndiz (COL) • 2006: Sonia Bisset (CUB) • 2010: Kateema Riettie (JAM)
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- Cuban javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Cuban athletics biography stubs
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