Ioamnet Quintero

Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez^[a] (born September 8, 1972, in Havana, Cuba) is a former high jumper from Cuba.

Biography

She won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 and 2000 games.^[1] She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1988	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	High jump	1.78 m
1988	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	Long jump	5.42 m
1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	1st	High jump	1.85 m
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	4th	High jump	1.85 m
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	High jump	1.88 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	High jump	1.98 m CR
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	High jump	1.97 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	High jump	1.94 m^[b]
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	6th	High jump	1.97 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	High jump	1.99 m
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	4th	High jump	1.91 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (q)	High jump	1.80 m
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	High jump	1.94 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	18th (q)	High jump	1.90 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	17th (q)	High jump	1.90 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	High jump	1.95 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th (q)	High jump	1.92 m

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintero and the second or maternal family name is Alvarez.
^ Representing the Americas

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioamnet Quintero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
^ Duffy, Tony / Allsport (January 1, 1993), 1993: Ioamnet Quintero of Cuba in action during the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Getty Images, Inc., retrieved March 27, 2012

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