Ramón Jiménez Gaona

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez-Gaona and the second or maternal family name is Arellano.

Ramón Jiménez Gaona

File:Ramón Jiménez Gaona 1997 Paraguay stamp.jpg
Personal information
Born	(1969-09-10) September 10, 1969
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Sport
Sport	Discus throw
Club	California Golden Bears, Berkeley

Ramón Jiménez-Gaona Arellano (born September 10, 1969) is a retired male discus thrower from Paraguay. Currently he serves as Paraguay's Minister of Public Works.

Sports career

Jiménez-Gaona represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). He twice won the title at the South American Championships (1993 and 1997).

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Paraguay
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	17th (q)	Shot put	13.71 m
			23rd (q)	Discus	43.42 m
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	16th (q)	Shot put	14.73 m
			12th	Discus	45.46 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	24th (q)	Discus	50.90 m
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	Discus	56.38 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Discus	59.78 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	16th (q)	Discus	59.78 m
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	4th	Discus	61.40 m
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus	59.46 m
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	Discus	60.42 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th	Discus	61.36 m
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	Discus	57.32 m

Education

Jiménez-Gaona studied Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He started out an enterprise in the Paraguayan forestry sector, an activity in which he became a referent.

Politics

In August 2013, President Horacio Cartes appointed Jiménez Gaona to his cabinet as Minister of Public Works.

External links

• Statistics
• Ramón Jiménez Gaona profile at IAAF