Gladys Tejeda
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Gladys Tejeda (born September 30, 1985 in Junín , Huancayo or Santa Fe de Jauja , Peru ) is a Peruvian athlete .
Career
The 1.62 meter tall athlete, who weighed 46 kg in competition in 2012, is trained by Pedro Kim . She took part in the Pan American Games in 2011 , where she finished 3rd with a time of 2: 42.09 hours in the marathon. Tejeda was also part of the Peruvian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony . In London , she completed the Olympic marathon route in a personal best of 2: 32.07 hours. This put it in 43rd place in the final ranking. At the 2013 South American Athletics Championships , she won the silver medal in the 5000 meter run. In 2014 she started at the World Half Marathon Championships . She reached 26th place and set a new national record in 1: 11.24 hours. At the Pan American Games in 2015 , she won the marathon with the championship record of 2:33:03 hours. However, during the doping control she tested positive for furosemide . She was suspended and the gold medal was revoked.
In November 2017 she won the gold medal in the half marathon at the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta with 1:14:55 h.
On July 27, 2019, she won the gold medal in the marathon at the Pan American Games with a new record of games of 2:30:55 h.
Personal bests
open air
- 1500 m : 4: 36.3 min, Lima , May 15, 2015
- 5000 m : 16: 00.55 min, Torrance , April 20, 2018
- 10,000 meter run : 32: 18.49 min, Palo Alto , May 2, 2015
- 10k road run : 33:21, New York City , June 13, 2015
- 15 km road run: 51:30 min, Quito , June 2, 2019
- Half marathon : 1:10:14 h, Cardiff , March 26, 2016
- Marathon : 2:28:12 h, Rotterdam , April 12, 2015
Web links
- Gladys Tejeda in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ profile on www.london2012.com ( Memento of 30 July 2012 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2012
- ↑ profile on www.iaaf.org , accessed on August 13, 2012
- ↑ Gladys Tejeda in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ London's Opening Ceremony flagbearers ( July 27, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Sudamericano de atletismo: Gladys Tejeda y Jorge Mac Farlane lograron medallas larepublica.pe July 10, 2013
- ^ IAAF / AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships 2014 iaaf.org March 29, 2014
- ↑ Gladys Tejeda's Pan Am marathon gold stripped for doping espn.go.com September 9, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tejeda, Gladys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Junín , Peru or Huancayo , Peru or Santa Fe de Jauja , Peru |