Pablo Montes (athlete)

Pablo Montes Casanova ( born November 23, 1945 in Havana, † October 26, 2008 ) was a Cuban sprinter.

At the Pan American Games in 1967 in Winnipeg him the breakthrough came in the top. In 21.0 s, he won the bronze medal in the 200 -meter run behind the Americans John Carlos and Jerry Bright, over 400 meters, he finished sixth. With the Cuban season he won the silver medal behind the U.S. season.

The following year he was at the Olympic Games in Mexico City fourth in the 100 - meter race in 10.14 s. Behind Jim Hines, Lennox Miller and Charles Greene In the 4 x 100 - meter relay, the Jamaicans had improved by Lennox Miller in the semifinals of the world record to 38.39 s. In the final, the Americans won by Greene and Hines in a world record time of 38.24 s, and the Cubans with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, Montes and Enrique Figuerola came in 38.40 seconds before the French and the Jamaicans as a Second finish.

His biggest success Montes at the Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 in Panama, when he won the 100 meters, 200 meters and gold in the relay. In 1971 he was awarded bronze at both sprints at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. At the Pan American Games in 1971, he finished fourth in the 100 meters and won silver in the relay. In his second at the Olympics in Munich in 1972 Montes appeared only in the relay, which was eliminated in the semifinals. In 1975, he won again relay silver at the Pan American Games, for the third time in a row.

Pablo Montes is 1.84 meters tall and weighed 83 kg in his playing days. After his career, he became a sports official and was last in the Cuban Athletics Federation responsible for the elderly or infirm.