Rose Mary Almanza

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Rose Mary Almanza
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Rose Mary Almanza in 2017
Personal information
Full nameRose Mary Almanza Blanco
Born (1992-07-13) July 13, 1992 (age 32)
Camagüey, Cuba [1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
World Relays
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Chorzów 4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima 800 m

Rose Mary Almanza Blanco (born 13 July 1992) is a Cuban middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. She represented Cuba at the Pan American Games in 2011, 2015, 2019 and won medals at the Ibero-American and Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.She was world champion in the 4x400 meter relay in Silesia 2021

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Career

Almanza ran internationally from a young age, coming fourth at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics before taking the 800 m title at the Pan American Junior Championships. [3] [4] She won at the Barrientos Memorial in March 2010 and followed this with a personal best of 2:03.03 to take the silver medal at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. [5] [6] She ran a national junior record of 2:02.04 in Havana in July and came fourth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. [4]

In 2011, she improved her record further to 2:00.56 and won her first senior regional medal at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, placing second in the 800 m behind Gabriela Medina. [7] She came close to a medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was edged into fourth place in the final. [8]

She began 2012 in strong form, taking silver medals in the 800 m and 4×400 metres relay at the Ibero-American Championships. [9] [10] A run of 1:59.55 in Havana was enough to gain her a place on the Cuban squad for the 2012 London Olympics. [4] [11]

Almanza continued to perform at a high level in subsequent years. She set a 1:57.70 personal best in 2015, participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics and won the 800m title in the 2017 Summer Universiade.

By June 2021, Almanza had returned to career-best form in the 800m, running another personal best and world-leading time of 1:56.42 in Ordizia, Spain. [12]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
800 m1:56.28 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm 4 July 2021
800 m indoor2:04.18 Flag of France.svg Eaubonne 9 February 2016
1500 m4:14.53 Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana 9 Oct 2014

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2009 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 4th1500 m4:30.20
World Youth Championships Bressanone, Italy 4th800 m2:04.31
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st800 m2:03.83
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 2nd800m 2:03.03
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 4th800 m 2:02.67
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 2nd800m 2:02.23
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 4th800m 2:04.82 A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd800 m 2:03.29
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:29.13
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 6th (sf)800 m 2:01.70
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 3rd800m 2:03.10 A
World Championships Moscow, Russia 11th (sf)800 m 2:00.98
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico1st800 m 2:03.56 A
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico1st800 m 2:00.79 A
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 20th (sf)800 m 2:00.38
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 16th (h)800 m 2:08.07
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26th (h)800 m 2:00.50
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th (sf)800 m 1:59.79
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st800 m 2:02.21
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st800 m 2:01.63
1st1500 m 4:22.14
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:32.61
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 3rd800 m 2:00.15
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd800 m 2:01.64
7th1500 m 4:14.81
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:30.89
World Championships Doha, Qatar 13th (sf)800 m 2:01.18
13th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:29.84
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:28.41
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th (sf)800 m 1:59.65
8th4 × 400 m relay 3:26.92
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 27th (h)800 m 2:01.96
2023 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st800 m1:59.69
1st1500 m4:25.69
1st4 × 400 m relay3:33.37
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st800 m 2:01.75
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:26.08
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 38th (h)800 m 2:01.33
13th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:29.70
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 4th800 m 2:03.68
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 17th (sf)800 m 1:58.73

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