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Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde (born February 13, 1941) is a retired
track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
athlete from
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, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. Pentón was born in
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, and twice represented her native country at the
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: 1968 and 1972. Her time of 50.56, set at altitude in
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,
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while winning the
1978 Central American and Caribbean Games The 13th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Medellín, Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North Ameri ...
is the officially ratified masters athletics world record for the W35 400 metres.


International competitions

1Representing the Americas


References

* 1941 births Living people Cuban female sprinters Cuban female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Cuba Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus Cuban masters athletes World record holders in masters athletics Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Cuban sportswomen {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub