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María Caridad Colón

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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. She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. María Caridad Colón is the 1,752nd most popular athlete (up from 1,966th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 150th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, María Caridad Colón ranks 1,752 out of 6,025. Before her are Hermanus Brockmann, Barney Ewell, Tijjani Reijnders, Mário de Noronha, Steve Seymour, and Audrey Williamson. After her are György Gedó, Hubert Stevens, Frank Greer, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Jürgen Hingsen, and Paul Pilgrim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, María Caridad Colón ranks 389. Before her are Amadou Dia Ba, Janez Potočnik, Chris Buck, Michala Petri, Sergei Garmash, and Yuval Steinitz. After her are Norio Sasaki, Jürgen Hingsen, Paweł Edelman, Leslie David Baker, Alexander Tarasov, and Steve Sem-Sandberg.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, María Caridad Colón ranks 147 out of 300. Before her are Mireya Luis (1967), Tomás Herrera Martínez (1950), Mario Cimarro (1971), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), Addys Mercedes (1985), and Aurelio Voltaire (1967). After her are Benny Paret (1937), Armando Peraza (1924), Raúl Rivero (1945), José Gómez Mustelier (1959), Zoé Valdés (1959), and Guillermo Fariñas (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, María Caridad Colón ranks 5. Before her are Javier Sotomayor (1967), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Iván Pedroso (1972), and Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963). After her are Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), Roberto Hernández (1967), Maritza Martén (1963), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), Ariel Hernández (1970), and Luis Delís (1957).

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