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Nicaraguan athlete
María Lourdes Ruiz
Full name María Lourdes Ruiz Obando Nickname Lula Nationality Nicaraguan Born (1965-10-15 ) 15 October 1965 (age 58)
Managua , Nicaragua
[1] Sport Athletics Event(s)
Discus throw ,
shot put
María Lourdes Ruiz Obando (born 15 October 1965) is a retired
Nicaraguan athlete who specialised in the
discus throw .
[2] she represented her country at the
1991 World Championships in Tokyo without advancing to the final.
Apart from athletics she also competed in
weightlifting .
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Nicaragua
1986
Central American Games
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2nd
Discus throw
1988
Ibero-American Championships
Mexico City, Mexico
–
Javelin throw
NM
1990
Central American Games
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1st
Shot put
12.32 m
1st
Discus throw
44.66 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mexico City, Mexico
7th
Shot put
11.41 m
5th
Discus throw
43.10 m
1991
Central American Championships
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1st
Discus throw
42.30
3rd
Javelin throw
33.72
Pan American Games
Havana, Cuba
8th
Discus throw
42.50 m
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
29th (q)
Discus throw
41.78 m
1992
Ibero-American Championships
Seville, Spain
6th
Shot put
11.16 m
8th
Discus throw
44.60 m
1993
Central American and Caribbean Games
Ponce, Puerto Rico
7th
Shot put
11.57 m
5th
Discus throw
44.18 m
1994
Central American Games
San Salvador, El Salvador
2nd
Discus throw
1997
Central American Games
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
4th
Shot put
10.63 m
2nd
Discus throw
40.88 m
1998
Central American and Caribbean Games
Maracaibo, Venezuela
8th
Discus throw
39.27 m
2001
Central American Games
Guatemala City, Guatemala
4th
Shot put
10.03 m
3rd
Discus throw
37.67 m
2002
Central American Championships
San José, Costa Rica
2nd
Shot put
10.41 m
3rd
Discus throw
37.77 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
San Salvador, El Salvador
4th
Shot put
9.95 m
5th
Discus throw
36.64 m
2003
Central American Championships
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2nd
Shot put
10.85 m
3rd
Discus throw
35.93 m
2004
Central American Championships
Managua, Nicaragua
1st
Shot put
11.54 m
1st
Discus throw
40.24 m
2005
Central American Championships
San José, Costa Rica
4th
Shot put
10.77 m
4th
Discus throw
36.71 m
2006
Central American Games
Managua, Nicaragua
1st
Discus throw
42.18 m
2007
Central American Championships
San José, Costa Rica
4th
Shot put
10.40 m
3rd
Discus throw
36.18 m
2010
Central American Games
Panama City, Panama
4th
Shot put
10.74 m
5th
Discus throw
33.74 m
Personal bests
References