Frank Casañas
Spanish discus thrower (born 1978)
Casañas at the 2010 Arena Games | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández | ||||||||
Nationality | Cuban, Spanish | ||||||||
Born | (1978-10-18) 18 October 1978 (age 45) Cuba | ||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (258 lb) | ||||||||
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Country | Cuba, Spain | ||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Discus | ||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 12 August 2012 |
Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández (born 18 October 1978) is a discus thrower. Born in Cuba, he represented his country of birth until May 2008, then Spain.
Career
In the 2008 Olympic Games he competed for Spain, reaching the fifth position in the final.
His personal best throw is 67.91 metres, which he achieved in June 2008 in Castellón.
Achievements
References
External links
- Official website
- Frank Casañas at World Athletics
- Frank Casañas at Olympics.com
- Frank Casañas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's discus throw
- 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA)
- 1955: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
- 1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE)
- 1963: Dako Radošević (YUG)
- 1967–1971: Silvano Simeon (ITA)
- 1975–1979: Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)
- 1983: Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE)
- 1987: Marco Martino (ITA)
- 1991–1993: Luciano Zerbini (ITA)
- 1997: Igor Primc (SLO)
- 2001: Diego Fortuna (ITA)
- 2005: Mario Pestano (ESP)
- 2009: Frank Casañas (ESP)
- 2013: Martin Marić (CRO)
- 2018–2022: Apostolos Parellis (CYP)
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