Abigail Guerrero — The next generation first and foremost
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Born in 1959, Ciro Ibanez was one of the main Cuban athletes of the 1980s.
He mainly trained in the heavyweight category (90kg cat.) in Cuba between 1978 and 1989 and won 10 Cuban national championships.
He mainly trained in the heavyweight category (90kg cat.) in Cuba between 1978 and 1989 and won 10 Cuban national championships.
Unfortunately for Ciro, he was unable to compete in the Olympics because of the boycott of the Cuban government at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul.
His personal best time in competition is 385 kg (167.5 kg in snatch + 217.5 kg in clean and jerk) at the Manuel Suares in Havana (1984).
His personal best time in competition is 385 kg (167.5 kg in snatch + 217.5 kg in clean and jerk) at the Manuel Suares in Havana (1984).
He won the Junior and Senior National Championships multiple times, 3 Juniors and 6 Seniors. He won the Central American Games in 1982 (Havana) and in 1986 (Dominican Republic). He also won the Panamerican Championship in 1981 and the Panamerican Games in 1983.
He finished 8th in 1982 at the World Championship in Yugoslavia and 5th at the World Championship in Moscow in 1983.
In 1984, he had his best results. He finished 3rd in Bulgaria, with a bronze medal in the clean and jerk and silver in the total.
Between 1981 and 1987, he studied physical education at the National Institute of Physical Education at Havana, Cuba, with a speciality in explosive force in weightlifting.
Between 1981 and 1987, he studied physical education at the National Institute of Physical Education at Havana, Cuba, with a speciality in explosive force in weightlifting.
In 1998, he became the technical director and strength and conditioning coach for the Weightlifting Catalan Federation. The same year, he also became the strength and conditioning coach for the Almeria soccer team.
Between 2000 and 2004, Pierre Taberna, who was the technical director of the national weightlifting team in France, asked him to become the head coach. During that time as a head coach, he beat 50 French records and coached Vencelas Dabaya (69 kg) to his 4th place at the Olympic Games in Athens (2004).
Between 2004 and 2008, he became President of the LPV Club in Almeria (Spain) and technical director. For the first time in history, the club won the “El Copa del Rey” (King Cup) in 2007, the biggest weightlifting club competition in Spain. He sent around 20 athletes for the national weightlifting team. Three became European champions sub 23, two became European champion sub 17, and one became champion at the Mediterranean Games.
His biggest success as a weightlifting coach is with the French athlete Vencelas Dabaya who became world champion in 2006 (Dominican Republic) and vice-champion at the Olympic games in Pekin (2008).
In 2008, the Spanish weightlifting federation made him president of the Melilla weightlifting federation.
Between 2008 and 2012, they won the Spanish cup sub 15 and the Spanish Cup sub 17. Three senior athletes of his regional federation entered the national team.
In 2012, He took one of the biggest decisions of his life, for his family and especially for his two children. He quit all his functions in Spain to move to Montreal, Canada where he defected from Cuba in 1987. He moved there to raise his kids in Canada with his wife, Abigail Guerrero, and be next to other members of his family who were already living there.
In 2016, one of his athletes, David Sanchez (69 kg), represented Spain at the Olympic games in Rio.
In 2016, one of his athletes, David Sanchez (69 kg), represented Spain at the Olympic games in Rio.
In Montreal, he began another project. He started a CrossFit Gym where he formed 4 athletes who went to the Regionals of the CrossFit Games, Abigail Guerrero, Vincent Tremblay, Isabelle Gauthier and Frederique Bordeleau. He also used his knowledge to help future athlete to enter the world of high performance in different sports, tennis, weightlifting and crossfit.
Now, he's focusing on using his knowledge and his experience to build high level canadian athletes with the Beyond Lifting Organization.
Day after day, he works with youths, juniors, seniors and masters to transform them into champion in sport as well as in life.
Day after day, he works with youths, juniors, seniors and masters to transform them into champion in sport as well as in life.
With his wife, Abigail Guerrero, they dream to see their children choosing to perform in olympic weightlifting and one day, prove their worth on the Olympic stage as they never got the chance to prove theirs in their respective athlete career.
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Sports, specialized in explosive strength in weightlifting
High Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Havana, Cuba
- Weightlifting coach
- France national team
- Spain national team
- 8 European Championships and 4 World Championships
Picture : From top to bottom, David Sanchez, Manuel Sanchez and Brayan Ibanez.
- Weightlifting athlete
- 3 times cuban junior champion
- 6 times cuban senior champion
- 1981 : Gold Pan american Championship
- 1982 : Gold Central american Championship
- 1982 : 8th place World Championship
- 1983 : Gold Pan american Championship
- 1983 : Gold Panamerican Games
- 1983 : 5th place World Championship
- 1986 : Gold Central american Championship
- 1986 : 9th place World Championship
Picture : From left to right, David Sanchez, Brayan Ibanez and Manuel Sanchez.