Silvia Chivás Baró (born September 10, 1954) is a former track and field athlete from

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. At the age of 17 she won a bronze medal in the

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at the 1971 Pan Am Games in Cali. During the same Games, she and her teammates would take the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. At the

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she won the bronze medal in

, and broke the world junior record in the first round with an 11.18 clocking. She won another bronze medal in 4 x 100 metre relay together with her teammates Marlene Elejarde,

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and

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. In 1975 she would again win silver in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the Pan Am Games. She won a bronze in the

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, and a gold in the

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at the World Student Games in 1977, where she would lower her national record in the

to 11.16 in the semi-final. She would also set the national record for

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in 1977, stopping the clock at 22.85. Silvia would take a bronze in the

at first World Cup of Track and Field. In 1978 she would win 3 gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games in both the sprints and the sprint relay. In 1979 she and her teammates would take a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in 1979, she would retire after these games at only age 25.

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1954 births Living people Cuban female sprinters Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters {{cuba-athletics-bio-stub