Andrés Simón

Personal information

Full name

Andrés Simón Gómez

Born

September 15, 1961 (age 55)
Guantánamo, Cuba

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4x100 m Relay
World Indoor Championships
	1989 Budapest	60 metres
Central American and Caribbean Games
	1986 Santiago	100 metres

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Simón and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Andrés Simón Gómez (born September 15, 1961 in Guantánamo) is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in 1992 Barcelona.^[1]^[2] He also participated in the relay at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.^[1] He specialized in the 60 meters and 100 metres events. His personal best for the 100m is 10.06, set in Havana 1987.^[2] He won the Gold medal in the 60m competition at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest.^[3]

References

1 2 "Andrés Simón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
1 2 Oliveros, Lemay Padrón (15 April 2009). "Andrés Simón: Rápido y pequeño" (in Spanish). Cuba Hora. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
↑ "WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Budapest". istanbul2012wic.org. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

External links

Andrés Simón profile at IAAF

World Indoor Champions in Men's 60 m

1985: Ben Johnson (CAN)
1987: Lee McRae (USA)
1989: Andrés Simón (CUB)
1991: Andre Cason (USA)
1993 – 1995: Bruny Surin (CAN)
1997: Haralabos Papadias (GRE)
1999: Maurice Greene (USA)
2001: Tim Harden (USA)
2003: Justin Gatlin (USA)
2004: Jason Gardener (GBR)
2006: Leonard Scott (USA)
2008: Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)
2010: Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2012: Justin Gatlin (USA)
2014: Richard Kilty (GBR)
2016: Trayvon Bromell (USA)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 100 m

1926: Mariano Aguilar (MEX)
1930: Alberto Torriento (CUB)
1935: Conrado Rodríguez (CUB)
1938: Jennings Blackett (PAN)
1946 – 1954: Rafael Fortún (CUB)
1959: Manuel Rivera (PUR)
1962: Tom Robinson (BAH)
1966: Enrique Figuerola (CUB)
1970: Pablo Montes (CUB)
1974 – 1978: Silvio Leonard (CUB)
1982: Leandro Peñalver (CUB)
1986: Andrés Simón (CUB)
1990 – 1993: Joel Isasi (CUB)
1998: Obadele Thompson (BAR)
2002: Dion Crabbe (IVB)
2006 – 2010: Churandy Martina (AHO)
2014: Rolando Palacios (HON)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x100 m

1926: Mexico (Ahumada, Gómez, Ramírez, Aguilar)
1930: Cuba (Torriente, Rodríguez, Alfonso, Seino)
1935: Cuba (Rodríguez, Acosta, Torriente, Verrier)
1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas, Guerra, Malavé, Vázquez)
1946: Panama (Loney, Thomas, Clarke, La Beach)
1950: Cuba (Fortún, Farrés, Mazorra, Wilson)
1954: Jamaica (LaBeach, Rhoden, Gardner, Laing)
1959: Venezuela (Bonas, Murad, Esteves, Romero)
1962: Venezuela (Herrera, Murad, Romero, Esteves)
1966: Jamaica (Clayton, McNeil, Headley, Fray)
1970: Cuba (Ramírez, Montes, Morales, Triana)
1974: Cuba (Triana, Montes, Bandomo, Leonard)
1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel, Crawford, Husbands, Serrette)
1982: Cuba (Lara, Casañas, Peñalver, Saborit)
1986: Cuba (Lara, Peñalver, Querol, Simón)
1990: Cuba (Simón, Peñalver, Stevens, Isasi)
1993: Cuba (Simón, I. García, Isasi, Aguilera)
1998: Cuba (A. García, Ortiz, I. García, Pérez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Morillo, Sainfleur, Báez)
2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano, Kwidama, Duzant, Martina)
2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo, Burns, Callender, Bledman)
2014: Cuba (Ruíz, Mena, Luis, Carrero)

Summer Universiade champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1959: Italy (De Murtas, Giannone, Mazza, Berruti)
1961: Soviet Union (Mikhailov, Ozolin, Bartenev, Chistyakov)
1963: Hungary (Csutorás, Rábai, Gyulai, Mihályfi)
1965: West Germany (Obersiebrasse, Metz, Felsen, Sundermann)
1967: Italy (Giani, Preatoni, Roscio, Berruti)
1970: Poland (Wagner, Werner, Gramse, Nowosz)
1973: United States (Brown, Riddick, Whatley, Gilbreath)
1975: Soviet Union (Zhidkikh, Silovs, Kolesnikov, Vladimirtsev)
1977: Soviet Union (Kolesnikov, Aksinin, Silovs, Ignatenko)
1979: Italy (Caravani, Grazioli, Lazzer, Mennea)
1981: United States (Lattany, Ketchum, Grimes, Smith)
1983: United States (Scott, Graddy, Robinson, Gault)
1985: Cuba (Querol, Simón, Chacón, Peñalver)
1987: United States (McRae, Heard, Daniel, Spearmon)
1989: United States (Watkins, Dees, Cason, Marsh)
1991: United States (Drummond, Goins, Bates, Trapp)
1993: United States (Bridgewater, Oaks, Miller, Jefferson)
1995: United States (Bowen, Oaks, Hargraves, Dopek)
1997: United States (Howard, Henderson, Carter, McCall)
1999: United States (Conwright, Trammell, Miller, Capel)
2001: Japan (Kawabata, Nara, Omae, Okusako)
2003: Japan (Ishikura, Takahira, Yoshino, Arai)
2005: Italy (Verdecchia, Rocco, Donati, Anceschi)
2007: Thailand (Autas, Sondee, Suwannarangsri, Suwonprateep)
2009: Russia (Mokrousov, Teplykh, Smirnov, Petryashov)
2011: South Africa (Dreyer, Magakwe, Sefanyetso, Mpuang)
2013: Ukraine (Perestiuk, Smelyk, Bodrov, Korzh)
2015: Japan (Ōseto, Nagata, Suwa, Taniguchi)

US National Championship winners in men's 60-meter dash

1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1906: ^60y Charles Seitz 1907: ^60yJames O'Connell 1908: ^60y Robert Cloughan 1909: ^60yR W Gill 1910: ^60yRobert Cloughan 1911: ^60yAlvah Meyer 1912: Not held 1913: ^75y Howard Drew 1914: ^75y Alvah Meyer 1915: ^75y Irvin Howe 1916-17:^60y Jo Loomis 1918: ^60yWilliam Genzenmueller 1919-20: ^60yLoren Murchison 1921: ^60yWard Conway 1922-24: ^60yLoren Murchison 1925: ^60yCecil Coaffee 1926: ^60yChester Bowman 1927-28: ^60yKarl Wildermuth 1929: ^60yJames Daley 1930: ^60yChester Bowman 1931: ^60yIra Singer 1932: ^60yEmmett Toppino 1933-34:Ralph Metcalfe 1935: Ben Johnson 1936: Ralph Metcalfe 1937-38: Ben Johnson 1939: Herbert Thompson 1940: ^60yMozelle Ellerbe 1941: ^60yHerbert Thompson 1942: ^60yBarney Ewell 1943: ^60yHerbert Thompson 1944: ^60yEd Conwell 1945: ^60yBarney Ewell 1946: ^60yTom Carey 1947-48:^60yEd Conwell 1949: ^60yBill Dwyer 1950: ^60yAndy Stanfield 1951: ^60yEd Conwell 1952: ^60yJohn O'Connell 1953-56: ^60yJohn Haines 1957: ^60yIra Murchison 1958: ^60yEd Collymore 1959-60: ^60yPaul Winder 1961-62: ^60yFrank Budd 1963: ^60ySam Perry 1964: ^60yBob Hayes 1965: ^60ySam Perry 1966-68: ^60yBill Gaines 1969-70: ^60yCharles Greene 1971: ^60yJean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD) 1972: ^60yDel Meriwether 1973: ^60yHasely Crawford (TRI) 1974: ^60yHerb Washington 1975: ^60yHasely Crawford (TRI) 1976: ^60ySteve Williams 1977: ^60ySteve Riddick 1978: ^60yHouston McTear 1979: ^60ySteve Riddick

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: ^60yCurtis Dickey 1981: ^60yStanley Floyd 1982: ^60yRon Brown 1983: ^60yCarl Lewis 1984: ^60yEmmit King 1985: ^60yAlbert Lawrence (JAM) 1986: ^60yLee McRae 1987: ^55y Lee McRae 1988: ^55yEmmit King 1989: ^55yLeroy Burrell 1990: ^55yBrian Cooper 1991: Andrés Simón (CUB); Andre Cason 1992: Leroy Burrell

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jon Drummond 1994: Dennis Mitchell 1995: Tim Harden 1996: Donovan Powell (JAM); Keith Williams 1997: Randall Evans 1998: Kenny Brockenburr 1999: Tim Harden 2000: Jon Drummond 2001: Maurice Greene 2002: Terrence Trammell 2003: Justin Gatlin 2004: Shawn Crawford 2005: Mardy Scales 2006: Leonard Scott 2007: DaBryan Blanton 2008: Michael Rodgers 2009: Mark Jelks 2010-11: Michael Rodgers 2012: Trell Kimmons 2013: D'Angelo Cherry 2014-16: Marvin Bracy

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