Marlene Elejarde Díaz (June 3, 1951 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

– April 29, 1989) was a sprinter from

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. At the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the

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she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She died in a car accident in 1989.

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