Aliuska López is a Spanish

Spain

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 athlete of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

n origin. She competes mostly in hurdling

Hurdling

Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

. The world junior champion from 1988, she is still the world junior record holder at 100 metres hurdles. She was a very successful athlete while competing for her birthcountry Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, later switching nationality to Spain.

López is the cousin of long jumper Iván Pedroso

Iván Pedroso

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler is a retired Cuban athlete, specializing in long jump.In July 1990, still at the age of 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international...

.

Personal bests

• 100 metres hurdles
  100 metres hurdles
  The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...
  
   - 12.67 (1996)
• 100 metres
  100 metres
  The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
  
   - 11.53 (1987)
• 200 metres
  200 metres
  A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
  
   - 24.22 (1987)

Major achievements

100 metres hurdles unless noted.

• 1999 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships - gold medal
• 1995 Pan American Games - silver medal (4x100m relay)
• 1995 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 1995 World Indoor Championships
  1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships
  The 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 10 March to 12 March 1995. There were a total number of 602 participating athletes from 130 countries.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...
  
   - gold medal (60m hurdles)
• 1993 World Championships
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 100 metre hurdles
  These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres Hurdles event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with three semi-finals and six qualifying heats and the final held on Friday August 20,...
  
   - fourth place
• 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games - gold medal (4x100m relay)
• 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games - gold medal
• 1991 Pan American Games - gold medal
• 1991 World Indoor Championships
  1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships
  The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include women's triple jump, albeit as a non-championship event...
  
  - silver medal (60m hurdles)
• 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games - gold medal
• 1988 World Junior Championships - gold medal
• 1987 Pan American Games - silver medal (4x100m relay)
• 1987 Pan American Games - bronze medal
• 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships - gold medal
• 1986 World Junior Championships - silver medal

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