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Violetta Quesada

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(Redirected from Violeta Quesada) Cuban sprinter (1947–2024) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
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Women's athletics
Silver medal – second place 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.

References

  1. Muere a los 76 años medallista olímpica cubana Violeta Quesada (in Spanish)

Sources

Sports Reference


Pan American Champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay


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