Alberto Sánchez Escobar (born 2 February 1973 in Santiago de Cuba)sports-reference is a retired Cuban hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 77.78 metres, which he achieved in May 1998 in Havana. He competed twice at the World Championships without reaching the final; in 19931993 World Championships Results - Hammer Throw - Men - Qualification - IAAF and 1995.1995 World Championships Results - Hammer Throw - Men - Qualification - IAAF He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Full Olympians
He competed as a guest athlete in the under-20 section of the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Havana and placed third in 56.40 m, behind the two selected Cuban throwers.
International competition record
Representing 1991Pan American Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica 1st63.52 m1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea 2nd69.78 mIAAF World Junior Championships - GBR Athletics1993UniversiadeBuffalo, United States7th72.24 mCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 1st74.98 mWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany19th (q)71.00 mCentral American and Caribbean GamesPonce, Puerto Rico 1st72.20 m Central American and Caribbean Games - GBR Athletics1995Pan American GamesMar del Plata, Argentina 2nd73.94 mWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden—NM1996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia1st73.62 mOlympic GamesAtlanta, United States13th (q)74.82 m1997Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSan Juan, Puerto Rico 1st72.10 m1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal1st76.18 m CRCentral American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela 1st74.25 m CRWorld CupJohannesburg, South Africa4th73.71 mRepresenting the Americas2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4th69.37 m
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