Mariela González Torres (born 5 April 1974) is a female

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runner from

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, who won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the

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. She represented her native country at the

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, finishing in 59th place.

Career

She won the 2000 edition of the Havana International Marathon and went on to take the

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gold medal at the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. She won the Madrid Marathon twice consecutively in 2001 and 2002. She took the silver medal in the marathon at the

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, finishing behind Márcia Narloch of

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. She set a championship record of 2:36.51 at the second National Cuban Olympics.Moreno improves Area record to 75.18 in Cuban National Olympics

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(2004-04-26). Retrieved on 2010-04-29. With the half marathon removed from the programme, she entered the

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at the 2005 CAC Championships and was the runner-up behind compatriot Yudelkis Martínez.

Personal best

*3000 m: 9:38.8 min (ht) –

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Mariela 1974 births Living people Cuban female long-distance runners Cuban female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Granma Province Cuban Athletics Championships winners