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{{short description|Cuban hammer thrower}}
'''Genovevo Morejón''' (born 3 January 1954) is a [[Cuba]]n former [[track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[hammer throw]]. His personal best was {{T&Fcalc|70.22}}, set in [[Havana]] on 20 June 1980.<ref>[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/291576 Genovevo Morejón]. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.</ref> His greatest honour was the gold medal at the [[Pan American Games]] in 1983, becoming the first Caribbean man to win that title.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pag.htm Pan American Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.</ref>

Morejón was also a gold medallist at the [[1982 Central American and Caribbean Games]] and [[1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics]] – the latter included a championship record of {{T&Fcalc|67.60}}. He also won minor medals at Pan American and Central American and Caribbean level, as well as a silver at the [[1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics]].<ref name=CACC>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacc.htm Central American and Caribbean Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacg.htm Central American and Caribbean Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/iac.htm Ibero-American Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-10.</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|1974
|[[Athletics at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|57.58 m
|-
|1978
|[[Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Medellín]], Colombia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|69.14 m
|-
|1979
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw|67.66 m]]
|-
|1982
|[[Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#Hammer throw|67.10 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1983
|[[1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|67.60 m {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Caracas]], Venezuela
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw|65.34 m]]
|-
|[[1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#Hammer throw|65.28 m]]
|}

==References==
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{{Footer Pan American Champions Hammer Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions Hammer Men}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Cuban male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Cuban people]]