- Maritza Martén
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Martén and the second or maternal family name is García.
Maritza Martén García (born August 17, 1963 in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68m was achieved in 1992.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Cuba1983 Pan American Games Caracas, Venezuela 2nd 1985 World Student Games Kobe, Japan 1st 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Santiago, Dominican Republic 2nd 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, USA 1st World Championships Rome, Italy 9th 62.00 m 1989 World Student Games Duisburg, West Germany 3rd 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 10th 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st IAAF World Cup Havana, Cuba 1st 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 2nd World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 4th 1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia 16th 60.08 m External reference
- IAAF profile for Maritza Martén
- sports-reference
Olympic Champions in Women's Discus Throw - 1928: Halina Konopacka (POL)
- 1932: Lillian Copeland (USA)
- 1936: Gisela Mauermayer (GER)
- 1948: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
- 1952: Nina Romashkova (URS)
- 1956: Olga Fikotová (TCH)
- 1960: Nina Ponomaryeva (URS)
- 1964: Tamara Press (URS)
- 1968: Lia Manoliu (ROU)
- 1972: Faina Melnyk (URS)
- 1976: Evelin Schlaak (GDR)
- 1980: Evelin Jahl (GDR)
- 1984: Ria Stalman (NED)
- 1988: Martina Hellmann (GDR)
- 1992: Maritza Martén (CUB)
- 1996: Ilke Wyludda (GER)
- 2000: Ellina Zvereva (BLR)
- 2004: Natalya Sadova (RUS)
- 2008: Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA)
Pan American Champions in Women's Discus Throw 1951: Ingeborg Mello (ARG) • 1955: Ingeborg Pfüller (ARG) • 1959: Earlene Brown (USA) • 1963: Nancy McCredie (CAN) • 1967: Carol Moseke (USA) • 1971 – 1979: Carmen Romero (CUB) • 1983: María Betancourt (CUB) • 1987: Maritza Martén (CUB) • 1991: Bárbara Hechavarría (CUB) • 1995: Maritza Martén (CUB) • 1999 – 2003: Aretha Hill (USA) • 2007 – 2011: Yarelys Barrios (CUB)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Women's Discus Throw 1977: Faina Melnyk (URS) • 1979: Evelin Jahl (GDR) • 1981: Evelin Jahl (GDR) • 1985: Martina Opitz (GDR) • 1989: Ilke Wyludda (GDR) • 1992: Maritza Martén (CUB) • 1994: Ilke Wyludda (GER) • 1998: Franka Dietzsch (GER) • 2002: Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) • 2006: Franka Dietzsch (GER) • 2010: Li Yanfeng (CHN)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's Discus Throw 1959: Györgyi Hegedus (HUN) • 1961 – 1963: Tamara Press (URS) • 1965: Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) • 1967: Liesel Westermann (FRG) • 1970: Karin Illgen (GDR) • 1973: Faina Melnyk (URS) • 1975 – 1977: Maria Vergova-Petkova (BUL) • 1979: Svetlana Melnikova (URS) • 1981 – 1983: Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROM) • 1985: Maritza Martén (CUB) • 1987: Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) • 1989: Hou Xuemei (CHN) • 1991: Xiao Yanling (CHN) • 1993: Renata Katewicz (POL) • 1995 – 1997: Natalya Sadova (RUS) • 1999: Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) • 2001: Li Qiumei (CHN) • 2003: Natalya Fokina-Semenova (UKR) • 2005: Wioletta Potępa (POL) • 2007: Yarelys Barrios (CUB) • 2009: Dani Samuels (AUS) • 2011: Żaneta Glanc (POL)
Categories:- Cuban discus throwers
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- People from Havana
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Cuban athletics biography stubs
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