Aurelia Pentón Explained

Aurelia Pentón
Fullname:Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde
Birth Place:Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
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Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde (born February 13, 1941) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career.

Pentón was born in Sancti Spíritus, and twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.

Her time of 50.56, set at altitude in Medellín, Colombia while winning the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games is the officially ratified masters athletics world record for the W35 400 metres.[1]

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  1. Web site: Records Outdoor Women . 2015-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111105152/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women . 2012-01-11 .