Marlene Elejarde

Personal information

Born

June 3, 1951

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	4x100m relay
	1972 Munich	4x100m relay

Marlene Elejalde 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

sports-reference

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)

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