Marlene Elejarde

Marlene Elejarde Díaz ( born June 3, 1951 in Havana, † 29 April 1989) was a Cuban sprinter.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. Together with Violetta Quesada, Miguelina Cobián Fulgencia Romay and she placed in 43.3 s behind the world record relay the USA ( 42.8 s ) and before the crew of the Soviet Union. Elejarde launched in Mexico City in the 80 - meter hurdles, but retired in the first round of.

With the season she was again successful in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Together with Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay and Silvia Chivas, she won the bronze medal in 43.36 s behind the relay races of the Federal Republic of Germany ( 42.81 s ) and the GDR ( 42.95 s ).

Marlene Elejarde was 1.72 m tall and weighed 65 kg. In 1989, she died in a car accident.