Violetta Quesada Díaz (born July 11, 1947) is a retired sprinter from Cuba 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. References Sports Reference 1947 births Living people Cuban female sprinters Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Cuban women