Juan Ignacio Cerra

Juan Ignacio Cerra (born 16 October 1976 in Santa Fe)^[1][2] is a male hammer thrower from Argentina. His personal best throw is 76.42 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Trieste. This is also the South American record.^[3]

Juan Ignacio Cerra

Personal information
Born	(1976-10-16) 16 October 1976 (age 48) Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Hammer throw 1999 Winnipeg Hammer throw 2007 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw South American Games 1998 Cuenca Hammer throw 2014 Santiago Hammer throw South American Youth Championships 1992 Santiago Hammer throw 1992 Santiago Discus throw
Updated on 5 May 2014

Career

He won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. He also has a bronze medal from the 1999 Pan American Games, and won the 1998 South American Games. He participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 ^[4][5] without reaching the final. He won the Konex Award Merit Diploma in 2010 as one of the five best athletes from the last decade in Argentina.^[6]

Personal bests

• Hammer throw: 76.42 m – Trieste, 25 July 2001

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Argentina
1992	South American Youth Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Discus (1.5 kg)	49.74 m
			1st	Hammer (5 kg)	69.64 m
1993	Pan American Junior Championships	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	Hammer	57.78 m
	South American Junior Championships	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	1st	Hammer	58.02 m
1994	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	Hammer	66.62 m
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	12th (q)	Hammer	60.44 m
1995	Pan American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	9th	Discus	40.92 m
			2nd	Hammer	64.24 m
	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Discus	44.40 m
			1st	Hammer	67.12 m
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	Hammer	68.92 m
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	Hammer	70.83 m
	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	Hammer	68.56 m A
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	1st	Hammer	72.09 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	Hammer	70.68 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	31st (q)	Hammer	71.24 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Hammer	74.32 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	27th (q)	Hammer	72.86 m
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	Hammer	73.95 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	29th (q)	Hammer	70.70 m
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	Hammer	73.31 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	Hammer	75.53 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	24th (q)	Hammer	72.70 m
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	Hammer	73.34 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	26th (q)	Hammer	72.53 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	Hammer	72.03 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	27th (q)	Hammer	68.44 m
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	Hammer	69.38 m
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	Hammer	71.20 m
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Hammer	72.96 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Hammer	72.12 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	1st	Hammer	69.74 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	30th (q)	Hammer	70.16 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Hammer	69.42 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	30th (q)	Hammer	69.37 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	Hammer	71.37 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Hammer	72.12 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	34th (q)	Hammer	64.27 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	6th	Hammer	66.80 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	Hammer	70.86 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	36th (q)	Hammer	68.20 m
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	Hammer	69.33 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	Hammer	66.34 m
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	Hammer	67.96 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	Hammer	67.70 m