Marlene Elejarde
Cuban sprinter (1951–1989)
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Full name | Marlene Elejarde Díaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | June 3, 1951 (1951-06-03) Marianao, Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | April 29, 1989 (1989-04-30) (aged 37) Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marlene Elejarde Díaz (June 3, 1951, in Havana – April 29, 1989) was a sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She died in a car accident in 1989.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marlene Elejarde (full name: Marlene Elejarde Díaz)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Marlene Elejarde at Olympics.com
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Central American and Caribbean Games champions in women's sprint hurdles
- 1938 – 1966: 80 metres hurdles
- 1970 – present: 100 metres hurdles
- 1938: Nola Thorne (PAN)
- 1946: Josefine Lewis (PAN)
- 1950: Kathleen Searchwell (JAM)
- 1954: Amalia Yubi (MEX)
- 1959: Guillermina Peña (MEX)
- 1962: Bertha Díaz (CUB)
- 1966: Carmen Smith (JAM)
- 1970–74: Marlene Elejarde (CUB)
- 1978–82: Grisel Machado (CUB)
- 1986: Odalys Adams (CUB)
- 1990–93: Aliuska López (CUB)
- 1998–2002: Dionne Rose (JAM)
- 2006: Anay Tejeda (CUB)
- 2010: Aleesha Barber (TRI)
- 2014: Lina Flórez (COL)
- 2018: Andrea Vargas (CRC)
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