Virgen Benavides

Virgen Benavides Muñoz (born December 13 or 31, 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Cuba.

Benavides represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of 11.45 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.40 was the fifth time of her race.

Personal best
Outdoor
 * 100 m: 11.14 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) – 🇨🇺 Camagüey, 26 February 1999
 * 200 m: 22.93 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) – 🇨🇺 Camagüey, 11 March 2000

Indoor
 * 60 m: 7.16 s – 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe, 15 February 2004