Iván García Sánchez (born February 29, 1972) is a former sprinter from

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Career

He won an Olympic bronze medal in

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in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the

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event and won a silver medal at the

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. He finished fourth at the

1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, ...

Personal bests

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- 10.21 (1994) *

- 20.17 (1995)

Achievements

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* 1972 births Cuban male sprinters Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Athletes from Santiago de Cuba Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Cuba World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub