Gladys_Tejeda
Gladys Tejeda
Peruvian long-distance runner
Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (born 30 September 1985 in Jauja, Junín) is a Peruvian long-distance runner.[1][2]
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| Full name | Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1985-09-30) September 30, 1985 (age 38) Jauja, Junín, Perú | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She competed in women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] Further she was selected as Peru's flag-bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.[4]
In 2013, she finished as champion in the XXXI edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:37:35. She finished in third place at Pan-American Games, in Guadalajara, 2011.
In 2015, she won the Marathon Gold Medal in the Pan American Games, setting a new Pan-American record of 2:33:05. A few weeks after the games, Julio César Maglione, president of the Pan American Sports Organization announced that Gladys Tejeda tested positive for doping, which she denied.
On September 10, 2015, she has been stripped of her gold medal by the Committee who said in a statement that Tejeda had tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list because it is used to mask other drugs. The statement said that Tejeda would be temporarily suspended from international competition.[5][6]
On August 14, 2016, Tejeda was ranked 15th in Women's Marathon in the Rio 2016 Olympics with a time of 2:29:55.[7]
In 2017, she finished as champion again in the XXXV edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:36:16 setting the women's course record for the event.
She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in the Marathon event.[8]
- 5000 m: 16:00.91 min –
Lima, 15 June 2013 - 10,000 m: 33:01.99 min –
Stanford, California, 4 May 2014 - Half marathon: 1:10:14 hrs –
Cardiff, 26 March 2016 - Marathon: 2:28:12 hrs –
Rotterdam, 12 April 2015
- Biography - TEJEDA Gladys Lucy (in Spanish), retrieved June 12, 2014
- Listado Oficial de Atletas Participantes - Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (in Spanish), retrieved June 12, 2014
- London 2012 site Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Staff (16 July 2012). "Atleta Gladys Tejeda será la abanderada de Perú en Londres 2012" [Athlete Gladys Tejeda Will Be Peru's Flag Bearer in London 2012]. Radio Programas del Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- "Odepa confirms Gladys Tejeda tests positive for doping - Peru this Week". Archived from the original on 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- "Winner of women's marathon at Pan Am Games stripped of medal for doping". 10 September 2015.
- "Games: Tejeda grabs gold for Peru with win in women's marathon". Reuters. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- Gladys Tejeda at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gladys Tejeda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22.
