Enrique Figuerola

Enrique Figuerola Camue^[a] (born 15 July 1938) is a retired Cuban sprinter who competed at three Olympic Games.^[1]

Enrique Figuerola

Figuerola in 1967
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Figuerola Camue
Born	(1938-07-15) 15 July 1938 (age 87) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 100 m 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m relay Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 100 m Central American and Caribbean Games 1966 San Juan 100 m Summer Universiade 1961 Sofia 100 m 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m

Biography

Figuerola made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he finished fourth in the 100 metres final.^[1] Figuerola won the British AAA Championships title in the 100 yards event at the 1964 AAA Championships at White City Stadium in London.^[2][3]

Later that year, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Figuerola won the silver medal in the 100 metres, behind American Robert Hayes (gold) and ahead of Canadian Harry Jerome (bronze).^[1]

Figuerola returned the following year to London to repeat his 100 yards success at the 1965 AAA Championships.^[4][5][6]

Three years later at a third Olympic Games at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, he won another silver medal, in the 4 × 100 metres relay this time, together with his teammates Hermes Ramirez, Juan Morales and Pablo Montes, behind the US team (gold) and ahead of France (bronze).^[7]

1960 Olympics, 100 m final, Figuerola is 3rd from left

1964 Olympics, 100 m final, Figuerola is 3rd from right

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figuerola and the second or maternal family name is Camue.