Stephen Sáenz

{{short description|Mexican shot putter (born 1990)}}

{{family name hatnote|Sáenz|Villarreal|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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| fullname = Stephen Christopher Sáenz Villarreal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mcallen, Texas, U.S.

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|116|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = {{MEX}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put

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|updated = 27 December 2014

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Stephen Christopher Saenz Villarreal (born 23 August 1990) is a Mexican athlete.{{Citation |title=Biography - SAENZ Stephen Christopher |url=http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_AT@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=48253.htm |publisher= PASO |access-date=27 December 2014 }}{{Citation |title=Auburn Track and Field, XC - Stephen Saenz |url=http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/c-track/mtt/saenz_stephen00.html |publisher=Auburn Tigers | access-date = 27 December 2014 }} Although born in the United States, he represents the Athletics Association of the State of Sonora (Asociación de Atletismo del Estado de Sonora).{{Citation |last=Sibaja |first=José Luis |date= |title=Un olímpico 'dotado' - Stephen Sáenz no es nacido en Sonora sino en Estados Unidos pero defenderá los colores de la entidad y de México en los próximos Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012. |url=http://www.expreso.com.mx/accion/sonora/42409-un-olimpico-dotado.html |publisher=expreso.com.mx |language=es |access-date=27 December 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141227194529/http://www.expreso.com.mx/accion/sonora/42409-un-olimpico-dotado.html |archive-date=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.sondeportes.com/?p=13329 Destaca “Vinko” a sonorenses rumbo a Londres] He competed for Mexico in shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/saenz-stephen-1047556/ |title=London 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803140559/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/saenz-stephen-1047556/ |url-status=dead }} He was also an assistant track coach at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Personal bests

class="wikitable"
EventResultVenueDate
colspan="4"|Outdoor
Shot put20.35 m{{flagicon|USA}} La Jolla, California26 April 2014
Discus throw55.92 m{{flagicon|USA}} Starkville, Mississippi26 March 2011
colspan="4"|Indoor
Shot put20.08 m{{flagicon|USA}} Nampa, Idaho9 March 2012

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{MEX}}
rowspan=3|2011

|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Shot put

|18.66 m

6th

|Discus throw

|51.52 m

Pan American Games

|Guadalajara, México

|4th

|Shot put

|19.54 m A

rowspan=2|2012

|NACAC Under-23 Championships

|Irapuato, México

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Shot put

|19.31 m A

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|31st (q)

|Shot put

|18.65 m

rowspan=3|2014

|Ibero-American Championships

|São Paulo, Brazil

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|Shot put

|18.62 m

Pan American Sports Festival

|Ciudad de México, México

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|Shot put

|19.91 m A

Central American and Caribbean Games

|Xalapa, México

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Shot put

|19.27 m A

2015

|Pan American Games

|Toronto, Canada

|8th

|Shot put

|18.58 m

References

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