Xiomara Rivero

{{short description|Cuban javelin thrower}}

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{{Medal|Sport | Athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{CUB}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}

{{Medal|Gold |1986 Mexico City | Javelin throw}}

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{{family name hatnote|Rivero|Azcuy|lang=Spanish}}

Xiomara Rivero Azcuy (born 24 December 1968 in Guane, Pinar del Río) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 65.29 metres from March 2001.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/xiomara-rivero-1.html Xiomara Rivero's Data] at Sports-Reference.com.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}}
rowspan = "2"|1986

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

|Mexico City, México

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Javelin

|64.56 m A

World Junior Championships

|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Javelin

|62.86 m

1993

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Ponce, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Javelin

|57.02 m

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|16th (q)

|Javelin

|58.32 m

1995

|Pan American Games

|Mar del Plata, Argentina

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Javelin

|63.92 m

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, Georgia, United States

|5th

|Javelin

|64.48 m

rowspan=2|1999

|Pan American Games

|Winnipeg, Canada

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Javelin

|62.46 m

World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|19th

|Javelin

|57.48 m

rowspan=2|2000

|Ibero American Championships

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Javelin

|60.43 m

Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|6th

|Javelin

|62.92 m

2001

|World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|7th

|Javelin

|61.60 m

2002

|Ibero American Championships

|Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Javelin

|61.41 m

References