# Silvia Chivás

Silvia Chivás Baró (born September 10, 1954) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba.
At the age of 17 she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1971 Pan Am Games in Cali. During the same Games, she and her teammates would take the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich she won the bronze medal in 100 metres, and broke the world junior record in the first round with an 11.18 clocking. She won another bronze medal in 4 x 100 metre relay together with her teammates Marlene Elejarde, Carmen Valdés and Fulgencia Romay. In 1975 she would again win silver in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the Pan Am Games. She won a bronze in the 100 meters, and a gold in the 200 meters at the World Student Games in 1977, where she would lower her national record in the 100 metres to 11.16 in the semi-final. She would also set the national record for 200 metres in 1977, stopping the clock at 22.85. Silvia would take a bronze in the 100 meters at first World Cup of Track and Field. In 1978 she would win 3 gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games in both the sprints and the sprint relay. In 1979 she and her teammates would take a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in 1979, she would retire after these Games aged only 25.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Cuba ||||||
| 1971 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 100 m | 11.6 |
| 1971 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 200 m | 23.9 |
| 1971 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.4 |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | 100 m | 11.47 |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | Cali, Colombia | 4th | 200 m | 23.95 |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.01 |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, West Germany | 3rd | 100 m | 11.24 |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, West Germany | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.36 |
| 1973 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 11.4 |
| 1973 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 200 m | 23.5 |
| 1973 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.9 |
| 1973 | Universiade | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th | 100 m | 11.66 |
| 1973 | Universiade | Moscow, Soviet Union | 12th (sf) | 200 m | 24.1 |
| 1974 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2nd | 100 m | 11.65 |
| 1974 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.90 |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 4th | 100 m | 11.45 |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 5th | 200 m | 23.33 |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.65 |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 15th (sf) | 100 m | 11.43 |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.29 |
| 1977 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | 100 m | 11.53 |
| 1977 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | 200 m | 23.82 |
| 1977 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.51 |
| 1977 | Universiade | Sofia, Bulgaria | 3rd | 100 m | 11.23 |
| 1977 | Universiade | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1st | 200 m | 23.08 |
| 1977 | Universiade | Sofia, Bulgaria | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.81 |
| 1977 | World Cup | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 3rd | 100 m | 11.34$^1$ |
| 1977 | World Cup | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 5th | 200 m | 23.45$^1$ |
| 1977 | World Cup | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.95$^1$ |
| 1978 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 11.47 |
| 1978 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | 200 m | 23.01 |
| 1978 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.37 |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4th | 100 m | 11.48 |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 7th | 200 m | 23.79 (w) |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.26 |
| 1979 | World Cup | Montreal, Canada | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.99$^1$ |
$^1$Representing the Americas

## Personal bests

* 100 metres – 11.16 (1977)