Marlene Elejarde | |
Full Name: | Marlene Elejarde Díaz |
Birth Place: | Marianao, Havana, Cuba |
Death Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Marlene Elejarde Díaz (June 3, 1951, in Havana – April 29, 1989) was a 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.