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Silvia Chivás

Cuban athletics competitor

Silvia Chivás Baró (born September 10, 1954) is a Cuban former sprinter who was an Olympic double-medalist, she won two bronze medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing third in both the individual 100-meter dash and the 4 × 100-meter relay alongside teammates Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay, and Marlene Elejarde. On the continental stage, Chivás achieved the same achievement at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay and a bronze medal in the 100 meters.

01Early life and career

She was born on 10 September 1954 in Guantánamo.

In 1971, she won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1971 Pan American Games in 45.0 seconds with Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay, and Marlene Elejarde, losing to the team from the United States of America in 44.5 seconds, consisting of Orien Brown, Pat Hawkins, Mattiline Render, and Iris Davis, followed by Colombia in 45.9 seconds, consisting of Aida Ortíz, Ana Maquilón, Elsy Rivas, and Juana Mosquera. She also competed in the 100 m sprint and won a bronze medal, running 11.4 seconds, losing to Davis (11.2) and Stephanie Berto (11.4).

Then, she competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won bronze medal in the same sport with the same team that competed the 1971 Pan American Games finishing in 43.360 seconds and their team loses to Federal Republic of Germany that consist of Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl and Christiane Krause that won gold in 42.810 seconds followed after German Democratic Republic in 42.950 seconds consist of Christina Heinich, Bärbel Struppert Renate Stecher and Evelin Kaufer. At the event, she also competed in the 100 meters sprint and won a bronze medal at 11.24 seconds, losing to Renate Stecher at 11.07 seconds and Raelene Boyle at 11.23 seconds.

02International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 100 m 11.6
2nd 200 m 23.9
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.4
Pan American Games Cali, Colombia 3rd 100 m 11.47
4th 200 m 23.95
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 45.01
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 3rd 100 m 11.24
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.36
1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st 100 m 11.4
1st 200 m 23.5
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.9
Universiade Moscow, Soviet Union 4th 100 m 11.66
12th (sf) 200 m 24.1
1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd 100 m 11.65
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.90
1975 Pan American Games Mexico City, Mexico 4th 100 m 11.45
5th 200 m 23.33
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.65
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 15th (sf) 100 m 11.43
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.29
1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships Xalapa, Mexico 1st 100 m 11.53
1st 200 m 23.82
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.51
Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 3rd 100 m 11.23
1st 200 m 23.08
4th 4 × 100 m relay 44.81
World Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany 3rd 100 m 11.341
5th 200 m 23.451
4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.951
1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Medellín, Colombia 1st 100 m 11.47
1st 200 m 23.01
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.37
1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 4th 100 m 11.48
7th 200 m 23.79 (w)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 46.26
World Cup Montreal, Canada 5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.991

1Representing the Americas

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