Marlene Elejarde
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Olympic medal record | |||
Women's athletics | |||
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Silver | Mexico City 1968 | 4x100m Relay | |
Bronze | Munich 1972 | 4x100m Relay |
Marlene Elejarde (born June 3, 1950 in Havana, died 1989) is a retired 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.