Cuban sprinter
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Mena and the second or maternal family name is
Berenguer .
Reynier Mena Berenguer (born 21 November 1996) is a Cuban sprinter .[ 2] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics .
On 3 July 2022, Mena set massive personal bests in both the 100 metres, joining the sub-10-second club with a 9.99, and in the 200 metres with a 19.63 that suddenly made him into the #10 performers of all time .
International competitions [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Cuba 2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 3rd 100 m 10.37 3rd 200 m 20.79 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 7th 100 m 10.58 2nd 200 m 20.63 2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd (B) 4 × 100 m relay 38.60 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 11th (sf) 200 m 20.81 11th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:10.60 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 2nd 200 m 20.54 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.94 2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 4th (B) 4 × 100 m relay 39.04 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 12th (sf) 100 m 10.23 (w) 10th (sf) 200 m 20.32 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.61 Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 100 m 10.17 2nd 200 m 20.34 World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (sf) 200 m 20.56 2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th 200 m 20.73 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.93 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 200 m 20.41 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 200 m 20.42 13th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.47 2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 5th (B) 4 × 100 m relay 39.90 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 7th 100 m 10.36 6th 200 m 20.60 5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.03 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 10th (h) 100 m 10.30 Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd 100 m 10.47 2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 11th (h) 100 m 10.43 5th 200 m 20.62 7th 4 × 100 m relay 39.19 World Championships Doha, Qatar 20th (sf) 200 m 20.61
Outdoor
As of August 2024, Mena holds three track records for 200 metres including La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (19.63, July 2022), Savona, Italy (19.95, May 2023) and Szczecin, Poland (19.95, August 2022).
1926: Mexico (Ahumada , Gómez , Ramírez , Aguilar ) 1930: Cuba (Torriente , Rodríguez , Alfonso , Seino ) 1935: Cuba (Rodríguez , Acosta , Torriente , Verrier ) 1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas , Guerra , Malavé , Vázquez ) 1946: Panama (Loney , Thomas , Clarke , La Beach ) 1950: Cuba (Fortún , Farrés , Mazorra , Wilson ) 1954: Jamaica (LaBeach , Rhoden , Gardner , Laing ) 1959: Venezuela (Bonas , Murad , Esteves , Romero ) 1962: Venezuela (Herrera , Murad , Romero , Esteves ) 1966: Jamaica (Clayton , McNeil , Headley , Fray ) 1970: Cuba (Ramírez , Montes , Morales , Triana ) 1974: Cuba (Triana , Montes , Bandomo , Leonard ) 1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel , Crawford , Husbands , Serrette ) 1982: Cuba (Lara , Casañas , Peñalver , Saborit ) 1986: Cuba (Lara , Peñalver , Querol , Simón ) 1990: Cuba (Simón , Peñalver , Stevens , Isasi ) 1993: Cuba (Simón , I. García , Isasi , Aguilera ) 1998: Cuba (A. García , Ortiz , I. García , Pérez ) 2002: Dominican Republic (Matos , Morillo , Sainfleur , Báez ) 2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano , Kwidama , Duzant , Martina ) 2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo , Burns , Callender , Bledman ) 2014: Cuba (Ruíz , Mena , Luis , Carrero ) 2018: Barbados (Brathwaite , Burke , Ellis , Hoyte ) 2023: Trinidad and Tobago (Hosten , Benjamin , Harrison Jr. , Augustine )