Eliana Gaete Lazo (born 14 April 1932) is a retired

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athlete from

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. She earned gold medals in women's 80m hurdles at the 1951 and 1955

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. She was born in

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. Once claimed by Bolivia follo ...

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1932 births Possibly living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Chilean female sprinters Chilean female hurdlers Sportspeople from Antofagasta Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Chilean women 21st-century Chilean women W{{Chile-athletics-bio-stub