María Elena Sarría

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sarría and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

María Elena Sarría Díaz (born September 14, 1954 in Cienfuegos) is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the shot put during her career. Her personal best throw was 20.61 metres, and with 19.34 metres she still holds the Pan American Games record in the event.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
Representing Cuba
1974	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	14.60 m
1975	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	18.03 m = CR
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	11th	16.31 m
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	18.81 m = CR
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	9th	19.37 m
1981	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	18.28 m
1982	Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	19.36 m
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	19.34 m = CR
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	19.47 m
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	2nd	18.12 m

External links

María Elena Sarría profile at IAAF
sports-reference

Pan American Champions in Women's Shot Put

1951: Ingeborg Mello (ARG) 1955: notheld 1959: Earlene Brown (USA) 1963 – 1967: Nancy McCredie (CAN) 1971: Lynn Graham (USA) 1975 – 1983: María Elena Sarría (CUB) 1987: Ramona Pagel (USA) 1991: Belsy Laza (CUB) 1995 – 1999: Connie Price-Smith (USA) 2003: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 2007 – 2011: Misleydis González (CUB)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Women's Shot Put

1966: Hilda Ramírez (CUB) 1970: Grecia Hamilton (CUB) 1974: María Elena Sarría (CUB) 1978: Hilda Ramírez (CUB) 1982: María Elena Sarría (CUB) 1986: Marcelina Rodríguez (CUB) 1990: Belsy Laza (CUB) 1993: Herminia Fernández (CUB) 1998: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 2002: Fior Vásquez (DOM) 2006: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 2010: Cleopatra Borel-Brown (TRI) 2014: Cleopatra Borel (TRI)