Osvaldo Lara Cañizares (born July 13, 1955 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

) is a retired male

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 eve ...

sprinter from

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...

, who represented his native 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 ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100. And 8th in the 200. In 1984 he missed the Los Angeles Olympics due to the boycott, but he competed at the

Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many differ ...

, where he won the 100 metres.

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Cuban male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 1955 births Living people Athletes from Havana Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Friendship Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub