Aurelia Pentón

Aurelia Pentón
Personal information
Full name Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde
Born February 13, 1941 (1941-02-13) (age 77)
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
1971 Cali 4x400 m relay
1979 San Juan 4x400 m relay
1979 San Juan 800 metres
1975 Mexico City 4x400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
1974 Santo Domingo 400 metres
1978 Medellín 400 metres
1978 Medellín 800 metres
1970 Panama City 400 metres
1974 Santo Domingo 800 metres

Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde (born February 13, 1941) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career.

Pentón was born in Sancti Spíritus, and twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.

Her time of 50.56, set at altitude in Medellín, Colombia while winning the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games is the officially ratified masters athletics world record for the W35 400 metres.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aurelia Pentón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.




This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.