Enrique Figuerola

Enrique Figuerola
Figuerola in 1967
Personal information
Full nameEnrique Figuerola Camue
Born (1938-07-15) 15 July 1938
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprints
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo 100 m
1968 Mexico City 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
1963 São Paulo 100 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
1966 San Juan 100 m
Summer Universiade
1961 Sofia 100 m
1963 Porto Alegre 100 m

Enrique Figuerola Camue[a] (born 15 July 1938) is a retired Cuban sprinter who competed at three Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

Figuerola made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he finished fourth in the 100 metres final.[1] Figuerola won the British AAA Championships title in the 100 yards event at the 1964 AAA Championships at White City Stadium in London.[2][3]

Later that year, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Figuerola won the silver medal in the 100 metres, behind American Robert Hayes (gold) and ahead of Canadian Harry Jerome (bronze).[1]

Figuerola returned the following year to London to repeat his 100 yards success at the 1965 AAA Championships.[4][5][6]

Three years later at a third Olympic Games at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, he won another silver medal, in the 4 × 100 metres relay this time, together with his teammates Hermes Ramirez, Juan Morales and Pablo Montes, behind the US team (gold) and ahead of France (bronze).[7]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
1959 Pan American Games Chicago, United States 3rd 100 m 10.5
15th (h) 200 m 22.2
6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.5
1960 Olympic Games Rome, Italy 4th 100 m 10.3
Ibero-American Games Santiago, Chile 2nd (sf) 100 m 10.51
1961 Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 1st 100 m 10.38
10th (h) 200 m 22.01
7th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.4
1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Kingston, Jamaica 4th 100 m 10.5
4th 200 m 21.6
3rd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.6
1963 Pan American Games São Paulo, Brazil 1st 100 m 10.46
6th 4 × 100 m relay 42.60
Universiade Porto Alegre, Brazil 1st 100 m 10.34
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 41.37
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 100 m 10.2
1965 Universiade Budapest, Hungary 8th (h) 100 m 10.72
1966 Central American and Caribbean Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 100 m 10.2
3rd 200 m 21.5
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 40.6
1967 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada – 100 m DNF
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 8th (sf) 100 m 10.23
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.40

1Did not start in the final
2Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figuerola and the second or maternal family name is Camue.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Six-mile Smasher". Daily Herald. 11 July 1964. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "White City round-up". The People. 12 July 1964. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Berwyn Jones wins sprint title". Sunday Mirror. 14 July 1962. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  6. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Enrique Figuerola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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