Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia Explained

Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia
Nickname:Charlie, Alex
Residence:Bucharest, Romania
Birth Date:10 March 1974
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Weight:143lb

Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia (born 10 March 1974 in Havana)[1] is a retired Cuban-Romanian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.

Biography

He was born from a Cuban geotechnical engineer father who worked for Embassy of Cuba in Bucharest and a Romanian mother.

His personal best time of 49.22 seconds, achieved when he won the gold medal at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, is also a Romanian record.

Argudin-Zaharia retired in 1998 because of injury citing Achilles tendon rupture, and now works as a fitness instructor.

He was the fitness coach of the kickboxing stars Benjamin Adegbuyi and Bogdan and Andrei Stoica for some years until 2015.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=a/athcode=20940/index.html Argudin Zaharia Alejandro