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Alejandro Casañas

1954 - Today

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Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954) is a former Cuban hurdler. At the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia he set a new world record in the 110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds. This record would, however, only stand for two years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alejandro Casañas has received more than 21,571 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alejandro Casañas is the 1,707th most popular athlete (down from 1,579th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 138th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alejandro Casañas ranks 1,707 out of 6,025Before him are Anni Holdmann, Franz Bistricky, Arvo Viitanen, Müzahir Sille, Svetlana Krachevskaya, and Paula Marosi. After him are Bernard Malivoire, Jadwiga Wajs, Folke Alnevik, Róbert Antal, Queenie Newall, and Vladimír Růžička.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alejandro Casañas ranks 502Before him are Mihai Stoichiță, Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, Reiner Haseloff, Yuji Horii, Daina Taimiņa, and Muammar Z.A.. After him are Bruce Hornsby, Wim Crusio, Stephen Furst, Donald Petrie, Olga Knyazeva, and Aziz Salihu.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Alejandro Casañas ranks 145 out of 300Before him are Zoé Valdés (1959), Oscar Nunez (1958), Regla Torres (1975), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), Guillermo Fariñas (1962), and José Magriñá (1917). After him are Rico Rodriguez (1934), Javier Perez-Capdevila (1963), Pedro Bergés (1906), Carlos Gutierrez (1953), María Caridad Colón (1958), and Carmen Reinhart (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Alejandro Casañas ranks 5Before him are Javier Sotomayor (1967), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Iván Pedroso (1972), and Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963). After him are María Caridad Colón (1958), Silvio Leonard (1955), Dayron Robles (1986), Maritza Martén (1963), Silvia Chivás (1954), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), and Osleidys Menéndez (1979).