Lázaro Martínez (sprinter)

This article is about the sprinter. For other people of the same name, see Lázaro Martínez.

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

Lázaro Martínez

Personal information

Full name

Lázaro Martínez Despaigne

Born

November 11, 1962 (age 54)
La Lisa, Havana, Cuba

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4x400 m relay
World Championships
	1987 Rome	4x400 m relay
Pan American Games
	1991 Havana	4x400 m relay
	1987 Indianapolis	4x400 m relay
	1983 Caracas	400 m
	1987 Caracas	4x400 m relay

Lázaro Martínez Despaigne (born November 11, 1962) is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was born in La Lisa, Havana.^[1]

Martínez won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships.

He has a daughter, Nathalie, with retired Cuban high jumper Silvia Costa. Nathalie Martínez is an able hurdler.^[2]^[3]

References

Lazaro Martinez profile at IAAF

↑ "Lázaro Martínez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
↑ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (28 May 2008). "Cuba prepares a strong contingent for Bydgoszcz". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
↑ "Nathalie Martínez". IAAF.

Pan American Games Champions in Men's 4x400 metres

1951: United States (Brown, Whitfield, Voight, Maiocco)
1955: United States (Mashburn, Spurrier, Lea, Jones)
1959: British West Indies (Mel Spence, Kerr, Mal Spence, Ince)
1963: United States (Cassell, Johnson, Edmunds, Young)
1967: United States (Matthews, E. Taylor, Stinson, Evans)
1971: United States (Smith, Alexander, Newhouse, Turner)
1975: United States (Frazier, R. Taylor, Peoples, Ray)
1979: United States (Darden, Peoples, Frazier, Walker)
1983: United States (Babers, Bradley, Rolle, Carey)
1987: United States (Pierre, Robinzine, Haley, Rowe)
1991: Cuba (Herrera, Pavó, Valentín, Martínez)
1995: Cuba (Crusellas, Téllez, Mena, García)
1999: Jamaica (Clarke, McDonald, McFarlane, Haughton)
2003: Jamaica (Clarke, Spence, Ayre, Campbell)
2007: Bahamas (Williams, Moncur, Mathieu, Brown)
2011: Cuba (Ruíz, Acea, Cisneros, Collazo)
2015: Trinidad and Tobago (Quow, Solomon, Mayers, Cedenio)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x400 m

1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)

Summer Universiade champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1959: West Germany (Grawitz, Quantz, Klappert, Oberste)
1961: West Germany (Hoppe, Schöll, Graßhoff, Grawitz)
1963: Great Britain (Metcalfe, Boulter, Campbell, Steane)
1965: Italy (Bianchi, Iraldo, Frinolli, Bello)
1967: West Germany (Müller, Röper, Krüsmann, Thiemann)
1970: United States (Ulan, Colglazier, Turner, James)
1973: United States (Bond, Schultz, Lutz, Jenkins)
1975: Poland (Hewelt, Pietrzyk, Gondek, Szlendak)
1977: United States (Jennings, Smith, Dale, Andrews)
1979: United States (Taylor, Kerr, Harris, McCoy)
1981: Soviet Union (Zolotaryev, Fedotov, Burakov, Markin)
1983: United States (Nix, Tabron, Babers, Wiley)
1985: Cuba (Martínez, Peñalver, Ramos, Hernández)
1987: United States (Pierre, Daniel, Patrick, Robinzine)
1989: Jamaica (O'Connor, Morris, Davis, Burnett)
1991: United States (Wilson, Cannon, Irvin, Luke)
1993: United States (Jones, Payne, Lyles, Turner)
1995: United States (Hayden, Byrd, Morris, Maybank)
1997: United States (Terry, Wheeler, Davis, Woodward)
1999: United States (Berrian, Couts, Brew, Davis)
2001: United States (White, Gerding, Couts, Pierce)
2003: Ukraine (Demchenko, Zyukov, Horbenko, Tverdostup)
2005: Poland (Wieruszewski, Dąbrowski, Kędzia, Klimczak)
2007: Poland (Bańka, Klimczak, Kędzia, Dąbrowski)
2009: Australia (Troode, Cole, Thomas, Wroe, Watkins, Burstow)
2011: Russia (Sigalovsky, Buryak, Vazhov, Kruglyakov)
2013: Russia (Dyldin, Buryak, Kashefrazov, Krasnov)
2015: Dominican Republic (J. Santos, Cuesta, Mercedes, L. Santos)

IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1977: West Germany (Krieg, Hofmeister, Schmid, Herrmann)
1979: United States (Frazier, Green, Smith, Darden)
1981: United States (McCoy, Wiley, Smith, Darden)
1985: United States (McCoy, Phillips, Armstead, Franks)
1989: Americas (Martínez, Menezes, Burnett, Hernández)
1992: Africa (Lahlou, Matete, Kemboi, Bada)
1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Ladejo, Baulch, Black)
1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Baldock, Thomas)
2002: Americas (Sánchez, Francique, McDonald, Blackwood)
2006: United States (Ashley, Brew, Merritt, Williamson)
2010: Americas (Brenes, Jackson, Nixon, Chambers)
2014: Africa (Tumuti, Makwala, Kombe, Van Niekerk)

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