# Roxana Díaz (athlete)

Roxana Tomasa Díaz Sánchez (born May 17, 1981, in Melena del Sur, Havana) is a female track and field sprinter from Cuba.

## Career

Her personal best in the women's 200 metres is 22.68, achieved on July 4, 2007, at a meet in Salamanca. Díaz is a two-time Olympian (2004 and 2008).

## Personal best

Outdoor
* 100 m: 11.31 s A (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Guatemala City, 11 May 2002
* 200 m: 22.68 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) – Salamanca, 4 July 2007
* 400 m: 52.09 s – Alcalá de Henares, 12 July 2008
Indoor
* 60 m: 7.30 s – Athens, 6 March 2003

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Cuba ||||||
| 1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | Havana, Cuba | 3rd (h) | 100 m | 12.11 s (wind: -2.9 m/s) |
| 1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | Havana, Cuba | 4th | 4 × 100 m | 45.75 s |
| 2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 100 m | 11.32 s (wind: +2.3 m/s) w A |
| 2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | 200 m | 23.00 s (wind: +2.7 m/s) w A |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 11th (h) | 200 m | DQ |
| 2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St George's, Grenada | 2nd | 200 m | 22.74 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
| 2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St George's, Grenada | 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.83 s |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 200 m | 22.69 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 43.40 s |
| 2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 13th (sf) | 200 m | 23.12 s (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| 2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m | 43.82 s |
| 2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st | 200 m | 23.73 s (wind: -1.6 m/s) |
| 2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.66 s |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m | 43.60 s |
| 2005 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 100 m | 11.53 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| 2005 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 200 m | 23.34 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | 200 m | 23.14 s (wind: +3.8 m/s) w |
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 45.07 s |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 200 m | 22.76 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.29 s |
| 2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | 200 m | 22.98 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) |
| 2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.86 s |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 200 m | 22.90 s (wind: -0.6 m/s) |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.62 s |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 22.98 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | – | 4 × 100 m | DQ |
| 2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 200 m | 22.82 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 15th (sf) | 200 m | 23.12 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 6th | 4 × 400 m | 3:23.21 min |
| 2009 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 200 m | 23.31 s (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| 2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 200 m | 23.56 s (wind: -1.2 m/s) |
| 2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:29.94 min |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 2nd | 200 m | 23.25 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:30.73 min |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 6th | 200 m | 23.45 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) A |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 4th | 4 × 100 m | 43.97 s A |