Frank Casañas

{{short description|Spanish discus thrower (born 1978)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Casañas|Hernández|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Frank Casanas 10.jpg

| image_size = 260px

| caption = Casañas at the 2010 Arena Games

| fullname = Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|10|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cuba

| nationality = Cuban, Spanish

| height = 1.87m

| weight = 117kg

| country = {{CUB}}, {{ESP}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus

| coach =

| highestranking =

| pb =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}

{{MedalGold |1996 San Salvador | Discus throw}}

| updated = 12 August 2012

}}

Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández (born 18 October 1978) is a discus thrower. Born in Cuba, he represented his country of birth until May 2008, then Spain.

Career

In the 2008 Olympic Games he competed for Spain, reaching the fifth position in the final.

His personal best throw is 67.91 metres, which he achieved in June 2008 in Castellón.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}}
rowspan = "2"|1996

|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)

|San Salvador, El Salvador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Discus

|53.08 m

World Junior Championships

|Sydney, Australia

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Discus

|54.86 m

1997

|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|San Juan, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Discus

|55.32 m

1998

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Maracaibo, Venezuela

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Discus

|59.38 m

1999

|Pan American Games

|Winnipeg, Canada

|4th

|Discus

|60.20 m

rowspan = "2"|2000

|Ibero-American Championships

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Discus

|59.87 m

Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|24th

|Discus

|60.84 m

rowspan = "2"|2003

|Pan American Games

|Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Discus

|62.61 m

World Championships

|Paris, France

|11th (q)

|Discus

|59.99 m

2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|17th

|Discus

|60.60 m

2005

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|10th (q)

|Discus

|60.94 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}}
2008

|Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|5th

|Discus

|66.49 m

rowspan = "2"|2009

|Mediterranean Games

|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|65.58 m GR

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|7th (q)

|Discus

|61.10 m

rowspan=2|2010

|Ibero-American Championships

|San Fernando, Spain

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Discus

|62.08 m

European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|11th

|Discus

|62.15 m

rowspan=2|2012

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|5th

|Discus

|63.60 m

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|7th

|Discus

|65.56 m

2013

|World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|9th

|Discus

|62.89 m

2014

|European Championships

|Zürich, Switzerland

|8th

|Discus

|61.47 m

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|24th (q)

|Discus

|59.06 m

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|25th (q)

|Discus

|59.96 m

2018

|Mediterranean Games

|Tarragona, Spain

|10th

|Discus

|55.73 m

References

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