Osvaldo Lara

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Lara and the second or maternal family name is Cañizares.

Osvaldo Lara Cañizares (born July 13, 1955 in Havana) is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100. And 8th in the 200.

In 1984 he missed the Los Angeles Olympics due to the boycott, but he competed at the Olympic Boycott Games in Moscow, where he won the 100 metres.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1977	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m
			2nd	200 m
1978	Central American and Caribbean Games	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	100 m
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	6th	100 m	10.47 s
			2nd	4x100 m relay	39.14 s
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	8th	200 m
1982	Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	100 m
			2nd	200 m
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	4th	100 m	10.21 s
			2nd	4x100 m relay	38.55 s
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	100 m	10.17 s
			2nd	4x100 m relay	38.79 s
1985	Central American and Caribbean Games	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	100 m

References

• Year Ranking
• sports-reference
• trackfield.brinkster

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Name	Lara, Osvaldo
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Date of birth	July 13, 1955
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