José Barrientos

José Eduardo Barrientos Schweyer (18 March 1904 – 27 September 1945) was a Cuban sprinter. As a sprinter, he equaled the world record for the men's 100 metres in 1927. For the 1928 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Cuban team in the same event. After his death in 1945 from an aviation accident, the Barrientos Memorial athletics meeting was inaugurated in honor of him.

Biography José Eduardo Barrientos Schweyer was born on 18 March 1904 in Matanzas, Cuba. His brother, Armando Barrientos, was a former sprinter and fencer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

On 27 September 1945, Barrientos was involved in an aviation accident along the Straits of Florida and died at the age of 41. The Barrientos Memorial athletics meeting was inaugurated the following year in honor of him, with the competition often serving as the Cuban Athletics Championships.