Virgen Benavides

Personal information
Full name	Virgen Benavides Muñoz
Born	(1974-12-31) December 31, 1974 (age 49) Songo – La Maya, Santiago de Cuba
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Updated on 7 June 2013.

Virgen Benavides Muñoz (born December 13 or 31,^[1][2] 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Cuba.^[2]

Benavides represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of 11.45 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.40 was the fifth time of her race.^[2]

Personal best

Outdoor

• 100 m: 11.14 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) – Camagüey, 26 February 1999
• 200 m: 22.93 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) – Camagüey, 11 March 2000

Indoor

• 60 m: 7.16 s – Karlsruhe, 15 February 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1995	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.41
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	5th	100 m	11.66 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
			4th	200 m	23.28 s w (wind: +3.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.89
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	3rd	100 m	11.25 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	100 m	11.28 s (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	3rd	100 m	11.48 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) A
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	3rd	200 m	23.36s (wind: -0.4 m/s) A
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	4th (sf)	60 m	7.28 s
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	4th	100 metres	11.37 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	100 m	11.28 s (wind: +1.6 m/s)
2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	5th (qf)	100 m	11.40 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	100 m	11.33 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.60 s
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	5th	100 m	11.61 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.29 s
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	100 m	11.35 s (wind: +1.5 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.86 s
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th (sf)	100 m	11.45 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.80 s
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	-	4 × 100 m relay	DQ (h)
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th (sf)	60 m	7.25 s
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th	100 m	11.55 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) A
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th (qf)	100 m	11.40 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	100 m	11.33 s w (wind: +3.9 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.93 s
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	4th (h)	100 m	11.65 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)