Argentine hammer thrower
Juan Ignacio Cerra
Born (1976-10-16 ) 16 October 1976 (age 47) Santa Fe , ArgentinaHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 100 kg (220 lb) Country Argentina Sport Athletics Event Hammer throw Updated on 5 May 2014
Juan Ignacio Cerra (born 16 October 1976 in Santa Fe )[1] [2] is a male hammer thrower from Argentina . His personal best throw is 76.42 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Trieste. This is also the South American record.[3]
He won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games . He also has a bronze medal from the 1999 Pan American Games , and won the 1998 South American Games . He participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 [4] [5] without reaching the final. He won the Konex Award Merit Diploma in 2010 as one of the five best athletes from the last decade in Argentina.[6]
Personal bests [ edit ] Hammer throw: 76.42 m – Trieste , 25 July 2001 Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Argentina 1992 South American Youth Championships Santiago , Chile 2nd Discus (1.5 kg) 49.74 m 1st Hammer (5 kg) 69.64 m 1993 Pan American Junior Championships Winnipeg , Canada 3rd Hammer 57.78 m South American Junior Championships Puerto la Cruz , Venezuela 1st Hammer 58.02 m 1994 South American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 1st Hammer 66.62 m World Junior Championships Lisbon , Portugal 12th (q) Hammer 60.44 m 1995 Pan American Junior Championships Santiago , Chile 9th Discus 40.92 m 2nd Hammer 64.24 m South American Junior Championships Santiago , Chile 2nd Discus 44.40 m 1st Hammer 67.12 m 1997 South American Championships Mar del Plata , Argentina 3rd Hammer 68.92 m 1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon , Portugal 3rd Hammer 70.83 m South American Games Cuenca , Ecuador 1st Hammer 68.56 m A 1999 South American Championships Bogotá , Colombia 1st Hammer 72.09 m Pan American Games Winnipeg , Canada 3rd Hammer 70.68 m World Championships Seville , Spain 31st (q) Hammer 71.24 m 2000 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 1st Hammer 74.32 m Olympic Games Sydney , Australia 27th (q) Hammer 72.86 m 2001 South American Championships Manaus , Brazil 1st Hammer 73.95 m World Championships Edmonton , Canada 29th (q) Hammer 70.70 m 2003 South American Championships Barquisimeto , Venezuela 1st Hammer 73.31 m Pan American Games Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 1st Hammer 75.53 m World Championships Paris , France 24th (q) Hammer 72.70 m 2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva , Spain 1st Hammer 73.34 m Olympic Games Athens , Greece 26th (q) Hammer 72.53 m 2005 South American Championships Cali , Colombia 1st Hammer 72.03 m World Championships Helsinki , Finland 27th (q) Hammer 68.44 m 2006 Ibero-American Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st Hammer 69.38 m South American Championships Tunja , Colombia 1st Hammer 71.20 m 2007 South American Championships São Paulo , Brazil 1st Hammer 72.96 m Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 3rd Hammer 72.12 m 2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique , Chile 1st Hammer 69.74 m Olympic Games Beijing , China 30th (q) Hammer 70.16 m 2009 South American Championships Lima , Peru 1st Hammer 69.42 m World Championships Berlin , Germany 30th (q) Hammer 69.37 m 2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 2nd Hammer 71.37 m 2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires , Argentina 1st Hammer 72.12 m World Championships Daegu , South Korea 34th (q) Hammer 64.27 m Pan American Games Guadalajara , Mexico 6th Hammer 66.80 m 2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto , Venezuela 3rd Hammer 70.86 m Olympic Games London , United Kingdom 36th (q) Hammer 68.20 m 2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 2nd Hammer 69.33 m 2014 South American Games Santiago , Chile 3rd Hammer 66.34 m Ibero-American Championships São Paulo , Brazil 5th Hammer 67.96 m 2015 South American Championships Lima , Peru 3rd Hammer 67.70 m
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