Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia
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Personal information | |
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Nickname(s) | Charlie, Alex |
Nationality | Romania |
Born | Havana, Cuba | March 10, 1974
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 143 lb (65 kg) |
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Romania | ||
Jeux de la Francophonie | ||
1997 Antananarivo | 400 m hurdles |
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Cuba | ||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | ||
1990 Havana | 400 m hurdles | |
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | ||
1993 Winnipeg | 400 m hurdles | |
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | ||
1991 Kingston | 4×400 m relay | |
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | ||
1993 Winnipeg | 4×400 m relay | |
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | ||
1990 Havana | 4×400 m relay | |
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | ||
1991 Kingston | 400 m hurdles |
Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia (born 10 March 1974 in Havana)[1] is a retired Cuban-Romanian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Biography
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ Argudin Zaharia Alejandro. iaaf. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.