Cristina Castro (sprinter)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Salvador.

Cristina Castro

Personal information
Birth name	Cristina Castro Salvador
Born	(1969-04-04) 4 April 1969 (age 56) Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	60 m, 100 m, 200 m

Cristina Castro Salvador (born 4 April 1969, in Bilbao) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialised in sprinting events.^[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	16th (sf)	100 m	12.33
			11th (sf)	200 m	24.63
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	12th (sf)	100 m	11.88
			20th (sf)	200 m	24.38 (w)
			16th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	46.74
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4 × 100m relay	44.62
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	200 m	24.72
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	12th (sf)	100 m	11.61
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.86
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	200 m	23.63
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.60
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	21st (h)	60 m	7.50
	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	5th	100 m	11.61
			5th	200 m	23.91
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	25th (qf)	100 m	11.71
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.08
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	200 m	24.38
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.53
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	32nd (qf)	100 m	11.79
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.11

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.36 (+1.6 m/s, Salamanca 1992)
• 200 metres – 24.63 (+1.8 m/s, Birmingham 1987)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.50 (Seville 1991)
• 200 metres – 23.93 (Glasgow 1990)

References

1. Sports-Reference profile
2. Cristina Castro at World Athletics

• All-Athletics profile