Personal information | |
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Full name | Bárbara Rocío Comba |
Born | (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 37) Río Tercero, Córdoba |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Argentina |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus |
Updated on 27 January 2015 |
Bárbara Rocío Comba (born 14 July 1987) is an Argentine discus thrower.
She was born in Río Tercero. As a teenager she competed in the shot put, and finished tenth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. Her personal best throw is 16.59 metres, achieved in July 2006 in São Caetano do Sul.
In the discus throw she finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and the 2009 and 2015 World Championships without reaching the final. She did, however, reach the finals of the 2013 World Championship in Moscow.
Her personal best is 62.77 metres, achieved in May 2013 in Belém, Brazil.
Personal bests
- Shot put: 16.59 m – São Caetano do Sul, 22 July 2006
- Discus throw: 62.77 m – Belém, 12 May 2013
- Hammer throw: 49.88 m – Rosario, 2 October 2005
Competition record
References
- "Biografía - General - COMBA Barbara Rocio - Argentina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "ROCIO BARBARA COMBA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Atlética Cordobesa. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Biography - COMBA Barbara Rocio". PASO. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bárbara Comba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
Full name: Bárbara Rocío Comba
- ^ Rocío Comba at World Athletics
External links
- Rocío Barbara COMBA at World Athletics
- Barbara Rocio COMBA at Olympics.com
- Bárbara Rocío COMBA (2012) at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- Bárbara Rocío COMBA (2016) at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- Bárbara Comba at Olympedia (archive)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Argentine female shot putters
- Argentine female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes for Argentina
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Argentina
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- South American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Argentina
- Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina
- 21st-century Argentine sportswomen