Marlene Elejarde
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Silver | 1968 Mexico City | 4x100 metre relay | |
Bronze | 1972 Munich | 4x100 metre relay |
Marlene Elejalde (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.
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