Maritza Salas Kelly (born January 3, 1975) is a retired female

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country,

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

, at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Militza Castro, Sandra Moya and

Beatriz Cruz Beatriz Cruz Nazario (born June 15, 1980) is a Puerto Rican female track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport take ...

. Salas ran the fourth and last leg in the heat 2 race. She is the only daughter of Raul Salas and Vinetta Kelly.

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1975 births Living people Puerto Rican female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-athletics-bio-stub