Virgen Benavides Muñoz (born December 13 or 31, 1974) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Virgen Benavides
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 28, 2008 Benavides represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She competed at the

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sprint and placed third in her first round heat after

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and

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in a time of 11.45 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.40 was the fifth time of her race.

Personal best

Outdoor *100 m: 11.14 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) –

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, 26 February 1999 *200 m: 22.93 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) –

, 11 March 2000 Indoor *60 m: 7.16 s –

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, 15 February 2004

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Sports reference biographyTilastopaja biography
1974 births Living people Cuban female sprinters Olympic athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters People from Santiago de Cuba Province Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{cuba-athletics-bio-stub