Silvia Costa (athlete)
Appearance
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Medal record
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Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez (born May 4, 1964 in La Palma, Pinar del Río Province) is a former high jumper from Cuba.
Career
She is most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade. Her personal best jump (set in 1989) is 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in), which makes her a member of the female two metres club and puts her ninth in the all-time performers list. She is also a three-time silver medallist at the Pan American Games.
Costa is married to Spanish citizen José Sanleandro.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1978 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Xalapa, México | 1st | High jump | 1.60m A |
5th | Long jump | 4.99m A | |||
2nd | 100 m hurdles | 15.76s A | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Xalapa, México | 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 48.02s A | |
1983 | Universiade | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | High jump | 1.98 m |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | High jump | 1.84 m | |
Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 2nd | High jump | 1.88 m | |
1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 3rd | High jump | 1.90 m |
Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 1st | High jump | 2.01 m | |
1986 | Ibero-American Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 1st | High jump | 1.84 m |
1987 | Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | High jump | 1.92 m |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 4th | High jump | 1.96 m | |
1988 | Ibero-American Championships | Ciudad de México, México | 1st | High jump | 1.97 m A |
1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, Germany | 2nd | High jump | 1.91 m |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | High jump | 2.04 m | |
1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | High jump | 1.93 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | High jump | 1.94 m |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 7th | high jump | 1.94 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | High jump | 1.97 m | |
1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 2nd | High jump | 1.91 m |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 24th (q) | High jump | 1.85 m |
References
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Cuban female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Cuba
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- People from Pinar del Río Province
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Cuban athletics biography stubs