Cristina Hechavarria Explained

Cristina Hechavarria
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	100 metres
Pb:	11.9 seconds (1966)^[1]
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Cristina Hechavarria (also known as Cristina Echevarria) was a Cuban sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games, and the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games. She was the grandmother and first coach of 2016 Olympic silver-medalist Orlando Ortega.^[2] She died when Ortega was young, and in her remembrance Ortega kept all his medals at her house.^[3]

Her husband Orlando Ortega Sr. was a member of the Cuba national football team in the 1960s.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba’s enemies silenced. Nacianceno. Alfonso. 1 February 2018. Granma.
2. Web site: Orlando Ortega Focus On Athletes Biography. Javier Clavelo. 24 July 2012.
3. Web site: THAT MOMENT WHEN… ORTEGA WON HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEDAL. 30 December 2017. Steve Landells.