Cristina Hechavarria

Cristina Hechavarria (also known as Cristina Echevarria) was a Cuban sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games, and the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games. She was the grandmother and first coach of 2016 Olympic silver-medalist Orlando Ortega.[2] She died when Ortega was young, and in her remembrance Ortega kept all his medals at her house.[3]

Cristina Hechavarria

Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	11.9 seconds (1966)[1]
Medal record Representing  Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games 1966 San Juan 100 m Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 4 × 100 m relay

Her husband Orlando Ortega Sr. was a member of the Cuba national football team in the 1960s.[2]