Maritza Martén

Maritza Martén

Personal information
Full name	Maritza Martén García
Born	August 17, 1963 (age 57) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Cuba Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Discus throw Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Discus throw 1987 Indianapolis Discus throw 1995 Mar del Plata Discus throw

Maritza Martén García (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾitsa maɾˈten]; born August 17, 1963 in Havana) is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68 m (231 ft 10 ¹&fras1;₂ in) was achieved in 1992.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1982	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	Shot	14.10 m
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Discus	59.62 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Shot put	14.78 m
			1st	Discus	58.76 m
1984	Friendship Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	–	Discus	NM
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	1st	Discus	66.66 m
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	3rd	Discus	66.54 m[1]
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dominican Republic	2nd	Discus	63.24 m
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	Discus	65.58 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	Discus	62.00 m
1988	IAAF Grand Prix Final	West Berlin, West Germany	3rd	Discus
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	3rd	Discus	64.70 m
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	Discus	65.40 m[1]
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	4th	Discus	64.90 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Discus	62.40 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st[2]	Discus	70.68 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Discus	70.06 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	Discus	69.30 m[1]
1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	Discus	59.44 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	Discus	64.62 m
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	Discus	61.22 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	Discus	64.36 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th	Discus	60.08 m

References

External reference

• Maritza Marten at World Athletics
• Maritza Marten at the International Olympic Committee
• Maritza Martén at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)