![]() Josefa Vicent aided at the end of the 400-metre race in the 1968 Summer Olympics (an exhausted Olajumoke Bodunrin in the background) | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Josefa Vicent Riesgo |
Nationality | Uruguayan |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 7 May 1950
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event | 100 metres |
Josefa Vicent Riesgo (born 7 May 1950) is a Uruguayan sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1] She is the most successful athlete for Uruguay in the history of the South American championships. [2]
1Did not start in the quarterfinals