Tomás González (sprinter)
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Tomás Pedro González Barrios (born June 11, 1959) is a retired track and field sprinter from Cuba. He represented his country at the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
, competing in the
100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...
,
200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
and the
4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...
. He won several sprint medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and was the gold medallist over 200 m at the
1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 1983 Ibero-American Championships (Spanish: ''I Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 23–25 September 1983. A total of 37 events we ...
.Ibero-American Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.


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1959 births Living people Cuban male sprinters Olympic athletes of Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Friendship Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub