Rose Mary Almanza
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Full name | Rose Mary Almanza Blanco | |||||||||||||||||||
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Camagüey, Cuba | July 13, 1992|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 31 December 2014. |
Rose Mary Almanza Blanco (born 13 July 1992) is a Cuban middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres.[2] She represented Cuba at the 2011 Pan American Games and has won medals at the Ibero-American and Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.
Born in Camagüey,[3] Almanza ran internationally from a young age, coming fourth at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics before taking the 800 m title at the Pan American Junior Championships.[4][5] She won at the Barrientos Memorial in March 2010 and followed this with a personal best run of 2:03.03 minutes to take the silver medal at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[6][7] She ran a national junior record of 2:02.04 minutes in Havana in July and came fourth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[5]
In 2011, she improved her record further to 2:00.56 minutes and won her first senior regional medal at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, placing second in the 800 m behind Gabriela Medina.[8] She came close to a medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was edged into fourth place in the final.[9]
She began 2012 in strong form, taking silver medals in the 800 m and 4×400 metres relay at the Ibero-American Championships.[10][11] A run of 1:59.55 minutes in Havana was enough to gain her a place on the Cuban squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[5][12]
Personal bests
Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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800 m | 1:57.70 min | 4 July 2015 | |
800 m indoor | 2:04.18 min | 9 February 2016 | |
1500 m | 4:14.53 min | 9 Oct 2014 |
International competitions
References
- ↑ "2018 CAC Games bio". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ Rose Mary Almanza (in Spanish), EcuRed, retrieved December 31, 2014
- ↑ Rose Mary Almanza Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-07-21.
- ↑ Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine.. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- 1 2 3 Almanza Rose Mary. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2010-03-23). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-16.
- ↑ 800m Mujeres Final (in Spanish). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- ↑ CACAC, CAC Senior PUR 2011 Final Results (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2011, retrieved July 18, 2011
- ↑ All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-10). Lauro and Arcanjo shine in Barquisimeto – Ibero-American champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-11). Two South American records fall as Ibero-American champs conclude in Barquisimeto. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
- ↑ Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
External links
- Rose Mary Almanza at IAAF
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rose Mary Almanza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.