Fulgencia Romay Martínez (born January 16, 1944) is a retired sprinter from

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. At the

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she helped win a

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in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by a Cuban woman. At the

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she won a

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. She also won a silver medal in

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at the

1971 Pan American Games * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Jan ...

References

* Cuban female sprinters 1944 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Cuba 20th-century Cuban women 21st-century Cuban women {{Cuba-Olympic-medalist-stub