Marlene Elejarde Díaz (June 3, 1951 in Havana – April 29, 1989) was a sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She died in a car accident in 1989. References 1951 births 1989 deaths Cuban female sprinters Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Cuba Athletes from Havana Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people