Violetta_Quesada

Violetta Quesada

Violetta 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.

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.

Quick Facts Olympic medal record, Women's athletics ...

Quesada died in Tampa, Florida on 24 March 2024, at the age of 76.[1]

References

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

Sources

Sports Reference


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Cuban athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a Cuban Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Violetta_Quesada, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.