Dana Cervantes

Dana Cervantes

Personal information
Full name	Dana Elvira Cervantes García
Born	18 August 1978 (1978-08-18) (age 46) Málaga, Spain
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Spain Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Pole vault Universiade 1999 Palma Pole vault

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cervantesand the second or maternal family name is García.

Dana Elvira Cervantes García (born 18 August 1978 in Málaga) is a former Spanish athlete specializing in the pole vault. ^[1] She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens failing to get a valid jump in the final. ^[2]

Her outdoor personal best is 4.40 metres achieved in 2004 while her indoor best is 4.46 metres from the same year.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Spain
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (q)	3.70 m
	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	11th	3.60 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	(q)	3.80 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	20th (q)	3.80 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	3.95 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th	4.05 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	3rd	4.10 m
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	4.15 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th	4.15 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	4th	4.10 m
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	4.10 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	12th (q)	4.20 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	19th (q)	4.15 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	4.30 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	4.10 m
	Olympic Games	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th	NM
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	16th (q)	4.15 m
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	7th	3.80 m
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	–	NM
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	25th (q)	4.00 m

References

1. Dana Cervantes at World Athletics
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dana Cervantes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links

• Dana Cervantes at European Athletics
• Dana Cervantes at Olympics.com
• Dana Cervantes at Olympedia ( archive )
• Dana Cervantes García at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)