Marlene Elejarde
| Marlene Elejarde medal table |
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| silver | 1968 Mexico City | 4 × 100 m |
| bronze | 1972 Munich | 4 × 100 m |
Marlene Elejarde Díaz (born June 3, 1951 in Havana , † April 29, 1989 ) was a Cuban sprinter .
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , she won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay . Together with Violetta Quesada , Miguelina Cobián and Fulgencia Romay , she placed in 43.3 s behind the world record relay of the USA (42.8 s) and in front of the Soviet Union team . Elejarde also started in Mexico City in the 80-meter hurdles , but was eliminated in the preliminary round.
With the relay she was successful again at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . Together with Carmen Valdés , Fulgencia Romay and Silvia Chivás , she won the bronze medal behind the relay of the Federal Republic of Germany (42.81 s) and the GDR (42.95 s) in 43.36 s.
Marlene Elejarde was 1.72 m tall and weighed 65 kg. In 1989 she was killed in a car accident.
Web links
- Marlene Elejarde in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Top performances
- 100 m: 11.83 s (1976)
- 80 m hurdles: 10.99 (1968)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tracklife Online Magazine: Awesome Cubans Deserve More Love ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . September 25, 2009
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| SURNAME | Elejarde, Marlene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elejarde Díaz, Marlene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1989 |