Joel Lamela

Joel Lamela Loaces (born January 29, 1971) is a former sprinter from Cuba.

Joel Lamela

Personal information
Full name	Joel Lamela Loaces
Born	January 29, 1971 (1971-01-29) (age 53) Nuevitas, Camagüey, Cuba
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Cuba Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m relay Pan American Games 1991 Havana 4x100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1990 Havana 4x100 m relay 1990 Havana 100 m

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lamela and the second or maternal family name is Loaces.

Career

He won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. He specialized in the 100 metres event, and his personal best of 10.53 was set during the 1991 World Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	3rd	100 m	10.61 (-0.1 m/s)
			4th	200 m	21.56 (-0.9 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.62
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	20th (qf)	100m	10.72 (+0.5 m/s)
			33rd (h)	200m	22.09 (+0.8 m/s)
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	40.25
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.08
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th (h)	100 m	10.53
			5th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.15
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	200m	21.12 (-2.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.19
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.00
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	3rd	4 × 100 m	39.20
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.99
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.67
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ

External links

• Joel Lamela at World Athletics
• Joel Lamela at Olympics.com
• Joel Lamela at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)