María Caridad Colón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Rueñes-Salazar.

María Colon

Personal information
Full name	María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar
Born	March 25, 1958 (1958-03-25) (age 67) Baracoa, Cuba
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Javelin throw Pan American Games 1979 San Juan Javelin throw 1983 Caracas Javelin throw 1987 Indianapolis Javelin throw CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1976 Xalapa Javelin throw 1976 Xalapa Shot put

María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958, in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record.^[1]

She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[2]

In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1976	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Xalapa, Mexico	3rd	Shot put	10.60 m
			1st	Javelin	46.13 m
1978	Central American and Caribbean Games	Medellín, Colombia	1st	Javelin	63.40 m
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	Javelin	62.36 m
	Soviet Spartakiad	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	Javelin	62.30 m
	World Cup	Montreal, Canada	3rd	Javelin	63.50 m^1
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	Javelin	68.40 m
1982	Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	Javelin	62.80 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	Javelin	62.04 m
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Javelin	63.76 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Javelin	57.60 m
1984	Friendship Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	3rd	Javelin	64.34 m
1985	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	Javelin	62.78 m
	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	3rd	Javelin	62.46 m
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	7th	Javelin	54.00 m^1
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dominican Republic	1st	Javelin	67.00 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Javelin	61.80 m
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	2nd	Javelin	61.66 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	18th (q)	Javelin	57.82 m
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	Javelin	55.86 m

¹Representing the Americas

References

1. Fuller, Linda K. (2016). Female olympians : a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 41. ISBN 9781137594815. OCLC 966525012.
2. Official Results^[usurped] p. 89 "María Caridad Colón became the first woman in these events who carried the torch to light the fire stand in the main stadium during the opening act."
3. "María de la Caridad Colón Rueñes". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

• María Caridad Colon at World Athletics
• Maria Colon at Olympics.com
• María Colon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)