Lázaro Martínez Despaigne (born November 11, 1962) is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

He was born in La Lisa, Havana.

[1] Martínez won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992.

He has a daughter, Nathalie, with retired Cuban high jumper Silvia Costa.

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