Bárbara Rocío Comba (born 14 July 1987) is an Argentine

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er. She was born in Río Tercero. As a teenager she competed in the shot put, and finished tenth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. Her personal best throw is 16.59 metres, achieved in July 2006 in São Caetano do Sul. In the discus throw she finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the

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and

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and the 2009 and 2015 World Championships without reaching the final. She did, however, reach the finals of the 2013 World Championship in Moscow. Her personal best is 62.77 metres, achieved in May 2013 in

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, Brazil.

Personal bests

*Shot put: 16.59 m – São Caetano do Sul, 22 Jul 2006 *Discus throw: 62.77 m –

, 12 May 2013 *Hammer throw: 49.88 m – Rosario, 2 October 2005

Competition record

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Sports reference biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comba, Rocio 1987 births Living people Argentine female shot putters Argentine female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Argentina World Athletics Championships athletes for Argentina South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Pan American Games competitors for Argentina Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina 21st-century Argentine women