Marlene Elejarde
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Marlene Elejalde Díaz (June 3, 1951 in Havana – April 29, 1989) was 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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- 1938 – 1966: 80 m hurdles
- 1970 – present: 100 m hurdles
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- 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 – 1974: Marlene Elejalde (CUB)
- 1978 – 1982: Grisel Machado (CUB)
- 1986: Odalys Adams (CUB)
- 1990 – 1993: Aliuska López (CUB)
- 1998 – 2002: Dionne Rose (JAM)
- 2006: Anay Tejeda (CUB)
- 2010: Aleesha Barber (TRI)
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