Bárbara Hechavarría

Bárbara Hechavarría

Personal information
Born	(1966-08-06) 6 August 1966 Holguín, Cuba
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing Cuba Pan American Games 1991 Havana Discus throw 1995 Mar del Plata Discus throw Central American and Caribbean Games 1990 Mexico City Discus throw 1993 Ponce Discus throw 1998 Maracaibo Discus throw

Bárbara Hechavarría Aponte (born 6 August 1966) is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 68.18 metres, achieved in February 1989 in Havana.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Cuba
1986	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	54.00 m
1987	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	54.94 m
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	56.34 m A
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	9th	56.79 m
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	58.62 m
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	63.50 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	12th	60.62 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	64.14 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	15th (q)	60.22 m
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	4th	60.10 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	62.52 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	61.02 m
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	64.84 m
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	60.20 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th	58.98 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	13th (q)	61.98 m
1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	57.42 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	5th	58.98 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	58.14 m

References

• Bárbara Hechavarría at World Athletics
• Bárbara Hechavarría at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• Bárbara Hechavarría at Olympedia
• Bárbara Hechavarría at InterSportStats