Alberto Juantorena

Alberto Juantorena
Juantorena winning the 800 m final at the 1976 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAlberto Juantorena Danger[1]
Nickname(s)El Caballo
El elegante de las pistas[2]
Born (1950-12-03) 3 December 1950 (age 73)[1]
Santiago de Cuba[1]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight84 kg (185 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 m, 800 m
Coached byZygmunt Zabierzowski
Retired1984
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m – 44.26 (1976)
800 m – 1:43.44 (1977)[2][3]
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal 800 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City 4×400 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan 4×400 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Santo Domingo 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1978 Medellín 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1978 Medellín 800 m
Gold medal – first place 1982 Havana 800 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Maracaibo 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1981 Santo Domingo 800 m
Silver medal – second place 1977 Ponce 400 m
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1973 Moscow 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia 800 m
Friendship Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow 800 m
Representing Americas
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1977 Düsseldorf 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1977 Düsseldorf 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Düsseldorf 4×400 m
Updated on 6 June 2015

Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950)[4] is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–1978, and in the 800 m in 1976–77, and was chosen as the Track & Field News Athlete of the Year in 1976 and 1977.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Alberto Juantorena". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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  3. ^ Alberto Juantorena. trackfield.brinkster.net
  4. ^ Various dates have been given for Juantorena's birth, with 3 December 1950 (The International Who's Who 2004 (Europa Publications) and [1]) or 21 November 1950 (Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (Scarecrow Press, 2012), Top Distance Runners of the Century (Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2002)) and even 11 November 1950 (Who's Who in the 1984 Olympics (Pelham Books, 1984))