Brenda Martinez

Brenda Martinez at the 2016 US Olympic Trials

Brenda Martinez (born September 8, 1987 ) is an American middle-distance runner .

Starting for the University of California, Riverside , she was NCAA vice-champion in the 1,500 m in 2009 . In 2012, she was US runner-up in the hall over the same distance and won the Fifth Avenue Mile .

The following year she was US runner-up in the 800 m and won bronze at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Personal bests

• 800 m: 1: 57.91 min, August 18, 2013, Moscow
• 1000 m : 2: 38.48 min, August 26, 2012, Dubnica nad Váhom
• 1500 m: 4: 00.94 min, July 19, 2013, Monaco
  • Hall: 4: 09.96 min, February 11, 2012, Fayetteville
• 1 mile : 4:26.76 min, Aug 11, 2012, Falmouth
  • Hall: 4: 34.62 min, January 28, 2012, New York City
• 3000 m (hall): 9: 07.99 min, February 2, 2013, Boston (intermediate time)
• 2 miles (hall): 9: 51.91 min, February 2, 2013, Boston
• 5000 m : 15: 35.65 min, March 9, 2013, Fullerton

Web links

• Brenda Martinez in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field