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Nickname | La Gacela del Guaso |
| Born | (1954-09-10)September 10, 1954 (age 71) |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Medal record | |
Silvia Chivás Baró (born September 10, 1954) is a former track and field athlete fromCuba.
At the age of 17 she won a bronze medal in the100 metres at the 1971 Pan Am Games in Cali. During the same Games, she and her teammates would take the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay.At the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich she won the bronze medal in100 metres, and broke the world junior record in the first round with an 11.18 clocking. She won another bronze medal in 4 x 100 metre relay together with her teammatesMarlene Elejarde,Carmen Valdés andFulgencia Romay. In 1975 she would again win silver in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the Pan Am Games. She won a bronze in the100 meters, and a gold in the200 meters at the World Student Games in 1977, where she would lower her national record in the100 metres to 11.16 in the semi-final. She would also set the national record for200 metres in 1977, stopping the clock at 22.85. Silvia would take a bronze in the100 meters at first World Cup of Track and Field. In 1978 she would win 3 gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games in both the sprints and the sprint relay. In 1979 she and her teammates would take a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in 1979, she would retire after these Games aged only 25.
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