Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot

Personal information
Full name	Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré
Born	(1963-03-23) 23 March 1963 Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta 800 m Bronze 1992 Barcelona 800 m World Championships Gold 1995 Gothenburg 800 m Gold 1997 Athens 800 m Silver 1991 Tokyo 800 m Pan American Games Gold 1987 Indianapolis 400 m Gold 1987 Indianapolis 800 m Gold 1991 Havana 400 m Gold 1991 Havana 800 m Silver 1991 Havana 4x400 m relay Silver 1983 Caracas 400 m Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 1986 Santiago 400 metres Gold 1986 Santiago 800 metres Gold 1990 Mexico City 400 metres Gold 1990 Mexico City 800 metres Summer Universiade Gold 1989 Duisburg 800 metres Representing Americas World Cup Gold 1989 Barcelona 400 m Gold 1989 Barcelona 800 m Gold 1989 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
Updated on 10 February 2014.

Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈana fiˈðelja kiˈɾot]; born March 23, 1963) is a female former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996). Her best time of 1:54.44 from 1989, still ranks her fourth on world all-time list (as of 2014).

Career

Quirot was born in Palma Soriano, Cuba. In 1983, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the Pan American Games in Caracus, running 51.83. Four years later at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, she won both the 400 m and 800 m. In the 400 m, she ran 50.27 to defeat Canada's Jillian Richardson, while in the 800 m she defeated Delisa Walton-Floyd of the USA in 1:59.06. Later that year at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, she improved her 800 m best 1:55.84, to finish fourth in a high quality final. The race was won by East Germany's Sigrun Wodars in 1:55.32.

At the 1989 IAAF World Cup in Barcelona, Quirot reached her peak at 800 metres. In a race that was fast from the start, thanks to the front running of World and Olympic champion Wodars, Quirot won in 1:54.44, to move to third on the world all-time list behind world record holder Jarmila Kratochvilova and 1980 Olympic champion Nadezhda Olizarenko. She also won the 400 m, after original winner Marie-Jose Perec was disqualified for running out of her lane. In 1990, she again achieved a 400m, 800 m double, this time at the Goodwill Games in Seattle. She won the 400 m in 50.38 and the 800 m in 1:57.42, narrowly ahead of the Soviet Union's Liliya Nurutdinova, who ran 1:57.52.

Quirot was unbeaten at the 800 metres for almost three years, from her fourth place at the 1987 Worlds, to the Zurich Grand Prix in August 1990, when she was third behind the East German pair of Wodars and Christine Wachtel. She won a silver medal at the 1991 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, narrowly losing to Nurutdinova 1:57.50 to 1:57.55.

Having been prevented from competing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, due to the Cuban boycotts, Quirot made her Olympic debut at the 1992 games in Barcelona, where she won a bronze medal in the 800 m behind Ellen van Langen and Nurutdinova. However the following year she was involved in a domestic accident that left her seriously injured. She was pregnant at the time and gave birth to her daughter prematurely in hospital while fighting for her life. Her daughter did not survive and died a week after she was born.

Quirot returned from her accident in late 1993 and won a silver medal in the Central America Games, behind the Surinam athlete Letitia Vriesde. Then in 1995, at the World Championships in Gothenburg, she became World champion, defeating Vriesde and Kelly Holmes, who were second and third respectively.

Quirot won her second Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, winning silver. This was a disappointing result for her as she went in as the 2nd favorite behind Maria Mutola, and defeated Mutola, but ended up losing the gold to the Russian Svetlana Masterkova, who had returned to the sport in 1996, after two years away to have a baby. In 1997, Quirot retained her World title at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, with Yelena Afanasyeva second and Mutola third.

Quirot is one of only six female athletes who have run under 1 minute and 55 seconds for 800 m. Her best time of 1:54.44 from 1989, ranks her fourth on the world all-time list behind Kratochvilova, Olizarenko and Pamela Jelimo. She also ran 1:54.82 to beat Maria Mutola in a Grand Prix race in Cologne in 1997.^[2] Her lifetime best for 400 m is 49.61 in 1991. She also holds the world best for the unofficial distance of 600 metres with 1:22.63 at altitude in 1997.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
200 m	23.07 s (wind: +1.5 m/s)	La Habana	6 Aug 1988
400 m	49.61 s	La Habana	5 Aug 1991
800 m	1:54.44 min	Barcelona	9 Sep 1989
1500 m	4:13.08 min	Andújar	3 Sep 1997

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1983	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	1st	400 m	52.89
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	400 m	51.83
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	400m	52.08
			1st	4x400m relay	3:38.94
1985	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	400 m	50.96
			1st	800 m	2:03.60
	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	2nd	400 m	52.10
			3rd	800 m	1:59.77
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	1st	400 m	51.01
			1st	800 m	1:59.00
	Ibero-American Championships	La Habana, Cuba	1st	400m	50.78
			1st	800m	2:00.23
			1st	4x400m relay	3:33.70
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	1st	400 m	50.27
			1st	800 m	1:59.06
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	800 m	1:55.84
			9th (h)	4×400m relay	3:29.78
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	1st	400m	50.54 A
			1st	800m	2:01.52 A
			3rd	4x400m relay	3:32.77 A
	Grand Prix Final	West Berlin, West Germany	1st	400 m	50.27
1989	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m	50.63
			1st	800 m	2:02.24
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	1st	400 m	50.73
			1st	800 m	1:58.88
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	1st	400 m	50.60[3]
			1st	800 m	1:54.44[3]
			1st	4×400m relay	3:23.05[3]
	Grand Prix Final	Fontvieille, Monaco	1st	800 m	1:59.02
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, Washington, United States	1st	400 m	50.34
			1st	800 m	1:57.42
	Grand Prix Final	Athens, Greece	1st	400 m	50.31
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ciudad de México, México	1st	400 m	51.70 A
			1st	800 m	2:04.85 A
1991	Pan American Games	La Habana, Cuba	1st	400 m	49.61
			1st	800 m	1:58.71
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	800 m	1:57.55
			10th (h)	4×400m relay	3:29.78
	Grand Prix Final	Barcelona, Spain	1st	800 m	2:01.17
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	800 m	2:01.96
			1st	4x400m relay	3:33.43
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	800 m	1:56.80
			—	4x400m relay	DQ
1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	800 m	2:05.22
1995	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	800 m	2:01.79 A
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	800 m	1:56.11
			7th	4×400m relay	3:29.27
	Grand Prix Final	Fontvieille, Monaco	5th	800 m	1:57.16
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	800m	2:02.50
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	2nd	800 m	1:58.11
			6th	4x400m relay	3:25.85
1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	800 m	1:59.01
			1st	1500 m	4:18.00
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	800 m	1:57.14
	Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	800 m	1:56.53

References

External links

• Ana Fidelia Quirot profile at IAAF
• a brief biography in French
• a blog with photo of Quirot taken on 1 st May 2007.