Rose Mary Almanza

Rose Mary Almanza
	Rose Mary Almanza in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Rose Mary Almanza Blanco
Born	July 13, 1992 (age 32); Camagüey, Cuba
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Cuba
World Relays
Pan American Games

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

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

Event	Result	Venue	Date
800 m	1:56.28	Stockholm	4 July 2021
800 m indoor	2:04.18	Eaubonne	9 February 2016
1500 m	4:14.53	La Habana	9 Oct 2014

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	4th	1500 m	4:30.20
	World Youth Championships	Bressanone, Italy	4th	800 m	2:04.31
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	2:03.83
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	800m	2:03.03
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	4th	800 m	2:02.67
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	2nd	800m	2:02.23
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	4th	800m	2:04.82 A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	800 m	2:03.29
	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 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	3rd	800m	2:03.10 A
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th (sf)	800 m	2:00.98
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	800 m	2:03.56 A
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	800 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
2016	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
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	800 m	2:02.21
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	800 m	2:01.63
			1st	1500 m	4:22.14
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.61
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	800 m	2:00.15
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	2nd	800 m	2:01.64
			7th	1500 m	4:14.81
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.89
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (sf)	800 m	2:01.18
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.84
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.41
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	11th (sf)	800 m	1:59.65
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.92
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	27th (h)	800 m	2:01.96
2023	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	800 m	1:59.69
			1st	1500 m	4:25.69
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.37
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	800 m	2:01.75
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.08
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	38th (h)	800 m	2:01.33
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.70
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	800 m	2:03.68
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	17th (sf)	800 m	1:58.73

References

^ Rose Mary Almanza Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-07-21.
^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Almanza Rose Mary. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2010-03-23). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-16.
^ 800m Mujeres Final Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ CACAC, CAC Senior PUR 2011 Final Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25, retrieved July 18, 2011
^ All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-10). Lauro and Arcanjo shine in Barquisimeto – Ibero-American champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-11). Two South American records fall as Ibero-American champs conclude in Barquisimeto. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
^ Fast times in Kenyan Trials but Timothy Cheruiyot falls short – weekly round-up. Athletics Weekly (21 Jun 2021). Retrieved on 24 Jun 2021.

External links

Rose Mary Almanza at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rose Mary Almanza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

[1] Rose Mary Almanza Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-07-21.

[2] "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[3] Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[IAAFBio-4] Almanza Rose Mary. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[5] Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2010-03-23). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-16.

[6] 800m Mujeres Final Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[results-7] CACAC, CAC Senior PUR 2011 Final Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25, retrieved July 18, 2011

[8] All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[9] Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-10). Lauro and Arcanjo shine in Barquisimeto – Ibero-American champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[10] Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-11). Two South American records fall as Ibero-American champs conclude in Barquisimeto. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[11] Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

[12] Fast times in Kenyan Trials but Timothy Cheruiyot falls short – weekly round-up. Athletics Weekly (21 Jun 2021). Retrieved on 24 Jun 2021.

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