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Irene Martínez
Irene Martínez Tartabull (28 October 1946 – April 2014) was a Cuban track and field athlete who competed in the long jump and the short sprint (running), sprints. She was the first woman from the Central American and Caribbean region to clear six metres in the long jump. She was also the first Cuban to win a jumps gold medal at the Pan American Games – a discipline in which the country later became highly successful. Martínez broke the List of Cuban records in athletics, Cuban record for the long jump eleven times, resulting in a lifetime best of . She was a gold medallist in the long jump at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games and was the inaugural champion at the 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. She also enjoyed success in the 4 × 100 metres relay, winning medals at the 1963 Pan American Games, 1963 Summer Universiade and the 1966 CAC Games, as well as twice breaking the national record for the event. Career Early life and career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
