Alberto Sánchez Escobar (born 2 February 1973 in Santiago de Cuba)[1] is a retired Cuban hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 77.78 metres, which he achieved in May 1998 in Havana. He competed twice at the World Championships without reaching the final; in 1993[2] and 1995.[3] He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4]
He competed as a guest athlete in the under-20 section of the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Havana and placed third in 56.40 m, behind the two selected Cuban throwers.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Pan American Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | 63.52 m | |
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 2nd | 69.78 m[5] | |
| 1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 7th | 72.24 m | |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 74.98 m | ||
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 19th (q) | 71.00 m | ||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 1st | 72.20 m [6] | ||
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 2nd | 73.94 m | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | - | NM | ||
| 1996 | Ibero-American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 73.62 m |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (q) | 74.82 m | ||
| 1997 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | 72.10 m | |
| 1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 76.18 m CR |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 74.25 m CR | ||
| World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 4th | 73.71 m[7] | ||
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 69.37 m | |