Blanca Lacambra Explained

Blanca Lacambra
Birth Date:	28 August 1965
Birth Place:	San Sebastián, Spain
Height:	1.65 m^[1]
Weight:	53 kg
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	200 m, 400 m
Club:	Federación Cántabra de Atletismo

Blanca Lacambra Sáiz (born 28 August 1965, in San Sebastián) is a retired Spanish sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Championships, starting in 1987. In addition, she won the silver medal at the 1987 European Indoor Championships and multiple medals at the Ibero-American Championships

Competition record

Representing
1983	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	200 m	25.54^[2]
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.30
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	6th (h)	400 m	54.34
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	7th (sf)	200 m	24.14
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	17th (h)	400 m	54.51
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.51
	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	11.80
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.82
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	23.19
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	10th (sf)	200 m	24.44
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	23rd (sf)	400 m	54.72
			15th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.01
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th (sf)	200 m	23.79
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	23.04
			3rd	400 m	52.16
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.54
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	28th (qf)	400 m	53.76
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	9th	200 m	24.44
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	16th (h)	200 m	24.60
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	24th (h)	400 m	54.61
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.76
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	8th (h)	200 m	24.73^[3]
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	53.40
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.60
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.2
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.57
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.22
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.61

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.61 (+1.3 m/s) (Barcelona 1987)
• 200 metres – 23.04 (0.0 m/s) (Mexico City 1988)
• 400 metres – 51.73 (Madrid 1988)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 23.19 (Liévin 1987)
• 400 metres – 54.34 (Piraeus 1985)

References

• All-Athletics profile

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/blanca-lacambra-1.html Sports-Reference profile
2. Out of competition performance
3. Did not start in the final