Mariela González

She won the 2000 edition of the Havana International Marathon and went on to take the half marathon gold medal at the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.^[2] She won the Madrid Marathon twice consecutively in 2001 and 2002. She took the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 Pan American Games, finishing behind Márcia Narloch of Brazil. She set a championship record of 2:36.51 at the second National Cuban Olympics.^[3] With the half marathon removed from the programme, she entered the 10,000 metres at the 2005 CAC Championships and was the runner-up behind compatriot Yudelkis Martínez.

Personal best

• 3000 m: 9:38.8 min (ht) –
  La Habana
  , 16 April 1997
• 5000 m: 16:12.63 min –
  La Habana
  , 10 March 2002
• 10,000 m: 33:48.33 min –
  La Habana
  , 8 March 2002
• Half marathon: 1:14:16 hrs –
  La Habana
  , 17 February 2007
• Marathon: 2:36:52 hrs –
  La Habana
  , 18 April 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1993	Pan American Junior Championships	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	10,000 metres	36:12.65 min
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	8th	10,000 m	34:45.94 min
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	Half marathon	1:18:33 hrs A
	World Half Marathon Championships	Bristol, United Kingdom	51st	Half marathon	1:16:24 hrs
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	Marathon	2:42:55 hrs
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	59th	Marathon	3:02:20 hrs
2005	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	2nd	Half marathon	1:17:50 min
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	10,000 m	35:09.62 min
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	–	Marathon	DNF
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Half marathon	1:17:53 hrs
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Marathon	2:43:11 hrs

References