Niurka Montalvo
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Cuba
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| World Championships | ||
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1995 Gothenburg | Long jump |
| Pan American Games | ||
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1995 Mar de Plata | Long jump |
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1995 Mar de Plata | Triple jump |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
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1990 Mexico City | Long jump |
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1993 Ponce | Long jump |
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1993 Ponce | Triple jump |
| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
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1986 Mexico City | Long jump |
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1986 Mexico City | 100 m hurdles |
Representing  Spain
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| World Championships | ||
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1999 Seville | Long jump |
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2001 Edmonton | Long jump |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2005 Almería | Long jump |
Niurka Montalvo Amaro (born June 4, 1968 in Havana) is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of 7.06 metres. She is now the autonomous secretary of sport for the Autonomous government of Valencia.
She began her international career with a medal at the 1986 Pan American Junior Championships, taking the bronze in the long jump. Senior medals soon followed: at the Central American and Caribbean Championships she won the long jump gold at the 1987 edition, and another gold came at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Her first appearance at global level came at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she finished fifth in the long jump. She demonstrated further skills when she scored a double gold in the long jump and triple jump events at both the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games. That year she went on to become the Summer Universiade champion in the triple jump and just missed out on the medals with a fourth-place finish at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She represented America at the 1994 IAAF World Cup and won the long jump silver behind Inessa Kravets with a best mark of 6.70 m.
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