Susana Clement

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Susana Clement
Personal information
Full nameSusana Aylen Clement Quezada
NationalityFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 34)
Diez de Octubre, La Habana
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 4×400 m relay
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Havana 4×400 m relay
Updated on 10 June 2013.

Susana Aylen Clement Quezada (born August 18, 1989, in Diez de Octubre, La Habana) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 metres. [1] [2] She won gold medals for the national relay team at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Havana, and also, at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. [3]

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Clement competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Roxana Díaz, Zulia Calatayud, and Indira Terrero. She ran on the third leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 51.38 seconds. She and her team finished the relay in second place for a seasonal best time of 3:25.48, giving them a qualifying slot for the final round. [4] By the following day, Clement and her team placed sixth in the finals, with a national record-breaking time of 3:23.31. [5]

Personal best

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 2nd400 m53.15 s
1st4 × 400 m relay3:38.77 min
Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th200 m23.82 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 400 m 52.36 s
Olympic Games Beijing, China 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.21 min NR
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 1st4 × 400 m relay3:29.94 min
World Championships Berlin, Germany 5th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.36 min
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st4 × 400 m relay3:30.73 min
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st4 × 400 m relay3:34.91 min
World Championships Daegu, Korea 4th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.74 min
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.09 min A

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