Héctor Herrera (runner)

Héctor Herrera Ortiz (born May 23, 1959) is a retired 800 metres runner from Cuba who won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992, together with teammates Lázaro Martínez, Norberto Téllez and Roberto Hernández.

Herrera also won a silver medal in 800 metres at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	5th	800m	1:49.08 A
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	4x400 m relay	3:01.93
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	800m	1:47.72
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	4x400 m relay	2:59.51
1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	800 m	1:49.99

External links

Héctor Herrera profile at IAAF

Pan American Champions in Men's 4x400 metres

1951: United States (Brown, Whitfield, Voight, Maiocco)
1955: United States (Mashburn, Spurrier, Lea, Jones)
1959: British West Indies (Mel Spence, Kerr, Mal Spence, Ince)
1963: United States (Cassell, Johnson, Edmunds, Young)
1967: United States (Matthews, E. Taylor, Stinson, Evans)
1971: United States (Smith, Alexander, Newhouse, Turner)
1975: United States (Frazier, R. Taylor, Peoples, Ray)
1979: United States (Darden, Peoples, Frazier, Walker)
1983: United States (Babers, Bradley, Rolle, Carey)
1987: United States (Pierre, Robinzine, Haley, Rowe)
1991: Cuba (Herrera, Pavó, Valentín, Martínez)
1995: Cuba (Crusellas, Téllez, Mena, García)
1999: Jamaica (Clarke, McDonald, McFarlane, Haughton)
2003: Jamaica (Clarke, Spence, Ayre, Campbell)
2007: Bahamas (Williams, Moncur, Mathieu, Brown)
2011: Cuba (Ruíz, Acea, Cisneros, Collazo)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x400 m

1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)

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