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Genovevo Morejón (born 3 January 1954) is a Cuban former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. His personal best was 70.22 m (230 ft 4+1⁄2 in), set in Havana on 20 June 1980. His greatest honour was the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1983, becoming the first Caribbean man to win that title.

Morejón was also a gold medallist at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games and 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – the latter included a championship record of 67.60 m (221 ft 9+1⁄4 in). He also won minor medals at Pan American and Central American and Caribbean level, as well as a silver at the 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.

International competitions

References

1. Genovevo Morejón. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.
2. Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.
3. Central American and Caribbean Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.
4. Central American and Caribbean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.
5. Ibero-American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.

• Living people
• 1954 births
• Cuban male hammer throwers
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
• Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
• 20th-century Cuban people