Violetta Quesada
Cuban sprinter (1947–2024)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
 | 1968 Mexico City | 4 x 100 m relay |
Violetta Quesada Díaz (11 July 1947 – 24 March 2024) was a Cuban sprinter who helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal, ever achieved by Cuban women.
Quesada died in Tampa, Florida on 24 March 2024, at the age of 76.[1]
References
- ^ Muere a los 76 años medallista olímpica cubana Violeta Quesada (in Spanish)
Sources
Sports Reference
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- 1951:
N. Jackson, J. Patton, D. Dwyer, J. Moreau (USA) - 1955: B. Jones, I. Daniels, M. Faggs, M. Landry (USA)
- 1959:
I. Daniels, B. Jones, L. Williams, W. Rudolph (USA) - 1963:
M. White, V. Brown, W. White, N. Harris (USA) - 1967:
V. Quesada, M. Garbey, C. Echeverría, M. Cobián (CUB) - 1971: I. Davis, M. Render, O. Brown, P. Hawkins (USA)
- 1975: P. Jiles, B. Morehead, C. Cheeseborough, M. Watson (USA)
- 1979: V. Brisco, C. Cheeseborough, B. Morehead, K. Hawkins (USA)
- 1983: J. Washington, A. Jackson, B. Cliette, R. Givens (USA)
- 1987: G. Devers, M. Finn-Burrell, G. Torrence, S. Echols (USA)
- 1991:
C. Phillips, D. Duhaney, B. McDonald, M. Frazer (JAM) - 1995: F. Harris, S. Twiggs, R. Webb, C. Gaines (USA)
- 1999: P. Dowdie, K. Richards, A. Bailey, B. Grant (JAM)
- 2003: A. Williams, C. Moore, A. Daigle, L. Williams (USA)
- 2007: S. Brooks, T. Rowe, A. Bailey, P. Dowdie (JAM)
- 2011:
A. Lemos, V. Gomes, F. Krasucki, R. Santos (BRA) - 2015: B. Pierre, L. Lawson, M. Akinosun, K. Whitney (USA)
- 2019: A. Fidelis, V. Rosa, L. Martins, R. Santos (BRA)
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