Roberto Moya

Cuban athlete (1965–2020)

Roberto Moya

Personal information

Full name

Roberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval

Born

February 11, 1965 (1965-02-11)
Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Died

May 21, 2020(2020-05-21) (aged 55)
Valencia, Spain

Medal record

Roberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval (February 11, 1965 – May 21, 2020) was a Cuban athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.^[1]^[2]

He was born in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in this event, and his personal best is 65.68.

Moya became a Spanish citizen in August 2001.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1986	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Discus	59.04 m
1987	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Discus	60.10 m
1989	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	Discus	62.12 m
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	3rd	Discus	63.78 m
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	Discus	64.64 m
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Discus	63.92 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	8th	Discus	61.44 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	Discus	61.52 m^[3]
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	Discus	64.12 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Discus	63.66 m^[4]
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	17th (q)	Discus	60.10 m
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	4th	Discus	60.78 m
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	Discus	63.58 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	31st (q)	Discus	57.58 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	22nd (q)	Discus	59.22 m

^ "Roberto Moya". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "Muere en España el estelar discóbolo cubano Roberto Moya". cibercuba. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ Out of competition performance
^ Representing the Americas

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's discus throw
1926: Manuel Guzmán (MEX) 1930–35: Miguel Gutiérrez (CUB) 1938: Ian Murphy (PUR) 1946: Manuel Seoane (PUR) 1950: Eduardo Parera (CUB) 1954: Mauricio Rodríguez (VEN) 1959: Daniel Cereali (VEN) 1962: Dagoberto González (COL) 1966: Roy Hollingsworth (TRI) 1970: Bárbaro Cañizares (CUB) 1974: Julián Morrinson (CUB) 1978–86: Luis Delís (CUB) 1990: Roberto Moya (CUB) 1993–98: Alexis Elizalde (CUB) 2002: Héctor Hurtado (VEN) 2006: Yunio Lastre (CUB) 2010: Jason Morgan (JAM) 2014: Jorge Fernández (CUB) 2018: Mauricio Ortega (COL)