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Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954) is a former Cuban hurdler.

At the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia he set a new world record in the 110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds. This record would, however, only stand for two years. He could never fully copy the world-leading performance at the Olympic Games, where he won silver medals in 1976 and 1980.

His Cuban record time has later been improved by Anier García, Dayron Robles and Emilio Valle.^[1]

References

External links

• Alejandro Casañas at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alejandro Casañas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• 1975 Pan American 4 x 100 metres relay final

Records
Preceded by Rodney Milburn	Men's 110m Hurdles World Record Holder August 21, 1977 — April 14, 1979	Succeeded by Renaldo Nehemiah
Sporting positions
Preceded by Guy Drut	Men's 110m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1977	Succeeded by Greg Foster