Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (born 30 September 1985 in

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, Junín) is a Peruvian long-distance runner.

Biography

She competed in women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Further she was selected as Peru's flag-bearer for the

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. In 2013, she finished as champion in the XXXI edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:37:35. She finished in third place at Pan-American Games, in Guadalajara, 2011. In 2015, she won the Marathon Gold Medal in the Pan American Games, setting a new Pan-American record of 2:33:05. A few weeks after the games, Julio César Maglione, president of the Pan American Sports Organization announced that Gladys Tejeda tested positive for doping, which she denied. On September 10, 2015, she has been stripped of her gold medal by the Committee who said in a statement that Tejeda had tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list because it is used to mask other drugs. The statement said that Tejeda would be temporarily suspended from international competition. On August 14, 2016, Tejeda was ranked 15th in Women's Marathon in the

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with a time of 2:29:55. In 2017, she finished as champion again in the XXXV edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:36:16 setting the women's course record for the event. She won a gold medal at the

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in the Marathon event.

Personal bests

*5000 m: 16:00.91 min –

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, 15 June 2013 *10,000 m: 33:01.99 min –

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, 4 May 2014 *Half marathon: 1:10:14 hrs –

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, 26 March 2016 *Marathon: 2:28:12 hrs –

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, 12 April 2015

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