Carmen Trustée

Carmen Trustée (born July 16, 1948 ) is a Cuban athlete and Olympian who was successful as a 400 and 800 m runner in the early 1970s . She is 1.62 m tall and weighed 52 kg in her active time.

Services

Carmen Trustée won medals at three international events:

• Pan American Games 1971 in Cali : SILVER over 400 m in 52.89 seconds behind Marilyn Neufville (gold in 52.34 seconds) and in front of Yvonne Saunders from Jamaica (bronze in 53.13 seconds)
• Central America and Caribbean Games :
  • 1970 in Panama City : GOLD over 400 m in 52.5 seconds in front of her compatriot Aurelia Pentón in 54.3; GOLD over 800 m in 2: 14.8 minutes ahead of Lucia Quiroz from Mexico (silver in 2: 15.8 minutes)
  • 1974 in Santo Domingo : SILVER in 52.91 seconds behind Aurelia Pentón (gold in 52.27 seconds)
• Universiade :
  • 1970 in Turin : SILVER over 400 m in 53.5 seconds behind Maria Sykora from Austria (gold in 52.8 seconds);
  • 1973 in Moscow : BRONZE over 400 m in 53.44 seconds behind Nadeschda Kolesnikowa from the USSR (gold in 52.04 seconds) and Judy Canty from Australia (silver in 52.82 seconds)

Carmen Trustée took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich over 400 m. She won her preliminary run in 52.80 seconds, but did not take part in the intermediate run. The Cuban 4x 400 m relay , in which it was not used, was eliminated as fifth in 3: 32.44 minutes.

Web links

• Carmen trustee in the database of Olympedia.org (English)