Aurelia Pentón

Aurelia Pentón
Personal information
Full nameAurelia Catalina Pentón Conde
BornFebruary 13, 1941 (1941-02-13) (age 84)
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]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
1967 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 7th 800 m 2:15.45
Central American and Caribbean Championships Xalapa, Mexico 1st 400 m 57.4
1st 800 m 2:24.1
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 5th 400 m 52.7
1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd 400 m 55.3
3rd 800 m 2:14.9
1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Panama City, Panama 2nd 400 m 54.3
4th 800 m 2:16.8
Universiade Turin, Italy 3rd 400 m 53.8
14th (h) 800 m 2:12.3
1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships Kingston, Jamaica 4th 400 m 54.4
2nd 800 m 2:15.1
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.6
Pan American Games Cali, Colombia 4th 400 m 53.62
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.04
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 10th (sf) 400 m 52.15
10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32:4
1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st 400 m 53.5
4th 800 m 2:09.1
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:42.1
1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st 400 m 52.27
2nd 800 m 2:05.43
1975 Pan American Games Mexico City, Mexico 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.65
1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships Xalapa, Mexico 3rd 400 m 53.05
3rd 800 m 2:09.13
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.50
World Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany 5th 400 m 52.331
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.01
1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Medellín, Colombia 1st 400 m 50.56
1st 800 m 2:01.38
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.34
1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 4th 400 m 52.71
3rd 800 m 2:02.1
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.3
World Cup Montreal, Canada 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.501

1Representing the Americas

References

  1. ^ "Records Outdoor Women". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2015-06-13.