Alejandro Casañas
Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954 in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana) is a former Cuban hurdler.
At the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia he set a new world record in the 110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds. This record would, however, only stand for two years. He could never fully copy the world-leading performance at the Olympic Games, where he won silver medals in 1976 and 1980.
His Cuban record time has later been improved by Anier García, Dayron Robles and Emilio Valle.[1]
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Preceded by
 Rodney Milburn |
Men's 110m Hurdles World Record Holder
August 21, 1977 — April 14, 1979 |
Succeeded by
Renaldo Nehemiah |
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Preceded by
 Guy Drut |
Men's 110m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1977 |
Succeeded by
Greg Foster |
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- 1926: Mexico (Ahumada, Gómez, Ramírez, Aguilar)
- 1930: Cuba (Torriente, Rodríguez, Alfonso, Seino)
- 1935: Cuba (Rodríguez, Acosta, Torriente, Verrier)
- 1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas, Guerra, Malavé, Vázquez)
- 1946: Panama (Loney, Thomas, Clarke, La Beach)
- 1950: Cuba (Fortún, Farrés, Mazorra, Wilson)
- 1954: Jamaica (LaBeach, Rhoden, Gardner, Laing)
- 1959: Venezuela (Bonas, Murad, Esteves, Romero)
- 1962: Venezuela (Herrera, Murad, Romero, Esteves)
- 1966: Jamaica (Clayton, McNeil, Headley, Fray)
- 1970: Cuba (Ramírez, Montes, Morales, Triana)
- 1974: Cuba (Triana, Montes, Bandomo, Leonard)
- 1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel, Crawford, Husbands, Serrette)
- 1982: Cuba (Lara, Casañas, Peñalver, Saborit)
- 1986: Cuba (Lara, Peñalver, Querol, Simón)
- 1990: Cuba (Simón, Peñalver, Stevens, Isasi)
- 1993: Cuba (Simón, I. García, Isasi, Aguilera)
- 1998: Cuba (A. García, Ortiz, I. García, Pérez)
- 2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Morillo, Sainfleur, Báez)
- 2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano, Kwidama, Duzant, Martina)
- 2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo, Burns, Callender, Bledman)
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