Nelkis Casabona

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Nelkis Casabona
Personal information
Full nameNelkis Teresa Casabona González
Born (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 40)
Athletics
Updated on 24 June 2013.

Nelkis Teresa Casabona González (born 12 May 1984) is a

World Championships in Athletics and Pan American Games
in 2011.

Casabona was born and raised in

4×100 metres relay.[3] She did not run abroad in 2010; her season was highlighted by a 100 m win at the Barrientos Memorial and new best of 11.39 seconds for the distance.[4][5]

The 2011 season proved to be a breakthrough one for Casabona. She improved her 100 m best to 11.31 seconds then won both sprints at the Barrientos Memorial.[6] She won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events at the 2011 ALBA Games. She broke the games record times in the events and dipped under twenty-three seconds for the first time in the 200 m final, running 22.97 seconds.[1] Her global senior debut followed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics: she was knocked out in the 100 m heats, but reached the 200 m final.[4] An appearance at the 2011 Pan American Games closed her season and she was a finalist in both sprints as well as part of the fourth-placed Cuban relay team.[7]

She won both Cuban sprint titles in 2012 and placed seventh in the 200 m at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[8] She was chosen to run the 200 m for the Cuban team at the 2012 London Olympics.[9]

Personal bests

  • 100 m: 11.31 s – Cuba Havana, 12 May 2011
  • 200 m: 22.97 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Venezuela Barquisimeto, 29 July 2011

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary – 200 m DQ (f)
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 2nd 200 m 23.83 s (+0.7 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.93 s
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 4th (h) 200 m 24.25 s (-1.8 m/s)
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st 100 m 11.34 s (-0.7 m/s)
1st 200 m 22.97 s (+2.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.33 s
World Championships Daegu, Korea 4th (h) 100 m 11.47 s (+0.3 m/s)
7th (sf) 200 m 23.32 s (-0.7 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 7th 100 m 11.56 s A
5th 200 m 23.43 s A
4th
4 × 100 m relay
 43.97 s A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 7th 200 m 23.65 s (+0.9 m/s)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 8th (h) 200 m 23.82 s (+0.8 m/s)

References

  1. ^ a b Diaz, Antonio (2011-07-29). La gema Casabona (in Spanish). JIT. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  2. ^ Women's 200 metres final Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  3. ^ Nelkys Casabona. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  4. ^ a b Casabona Nelkis. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  5. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  6. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  7. ^ All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16[permanent dead link]. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  8. CONSUDATLE
    . Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  9. ^ Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-16.

External links

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