Indira Terrero Letuse ( Spanish: Indira Terrero Letuce ; born November 29, 1985 , Havana , Cuba ) is a Cuban and Spanish athlete specializing in 400 meters . Silver medalist at the European Indoor Championships 2015. Bronze medalist of the European Championship (2014). Winner of the 2007 Pan American Games . Two-time champion of Spain. Finalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics .
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| Full name | Indira terrero letuce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | November 29, 1985 (33 years old) Havana , Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Cuba →  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 52 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Valencia Club Atletismo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | Raphael Blanker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 2005 - n. at. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 400 m | 50.98 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 800 m | 2.03.24 (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal records in the room | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 400 m | 52.02 (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Main results
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
For a long time I trained and played for my native Cuba . She was regularly among the winners of the championships of Central America and the Caribbean, the Ibero-American championships. In 2007, she became the bronze medalist of the Pan American 400 meters race and the champion in the 4x400 meters relay (the USA and Jamaican teams remained behind) [1] . She participated in two world championships ( 2007 , 2009 ) and the Olympic Games in Beijing . In all cases, she reached the semifinals in the individual run and ran in the relay final. In the Cuban period of her career, she showed the best results, including a personal record of 50.98 (2008).
Going to the 2010 Iberoamerican Championship in the Spanish city of San Fernando , Indira decided not to return back to Cuba. After the competition, she, along with three other team members, moved to Castellon de la Plana , where she planned to start a new life.
At first, she had to think more about survival, not about sports. After some time, she became a member of the athletics club in Valencia , and gradually began to return to previous results [2] . Indira limited herself to playing for the club at commercial starts, as she did not have a Spanish passport. In April 2014, she finally received citizenship, and then the right to represent her new country at international starts. And in the summer she managed to become the bronze medalist of the European Championship , ahead of the finish line of the British Olympic champion Kristin Ohuruogu [3] (the gap was only 0.002 seconds).
In the winter of 2015, she became the second at the European Indoor Championships , losing only to the Ukrainian Natalya Pigide .
Key Results
| Year | Tournament | Location | Discipline | A place | Result |
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| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 400 m | 3rd | 51.09 |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 1st | 3.27.51 | |||
| World Championship | Osaka , Japan | 400 m | 15th (1/2) | 51.08 | |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 7th | 3.27.05 | |||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing China | 400 m | 15th (1/2) | 51.80 |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 5th | 3.23.21 | |||
| 2009 | World Championship | Berlin , Germany | 400 m | 16th (1/2) | 51.87 |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 8th | 3.36,99 | |||
| 2014 | European Team Championship | Braunschweig , Germany | relay race 4 × 400 m | - | Dq |
| Europe championship | Zurich , Switzerland | 400 m | 3rd | 51.38 | |
| Continental cup | Marrakech , Morocco | relay race 4 × 400 m | 2nd | 3.24.12 | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championship | Prague , Czech Republic | 400 m | 2nd | 52.63 |
| European Team Championship | Cheboksary , Russia | relay race 4 × 400 m | 9th | 3.35.48 | |
| 2016 | Europe championship | Amsterdam , Netherlands | 400 m | - (forget) | DNF |
Notes
Links
- Indira Terrero Sports Biography
- Profile of Indira Terrero on the website of the Spanish Athletics Federation
- Indira Terrero - Profile on the IAAF Website
- Indira Terrero's profile at all-athletics.com
- Profile of Indira Terrero on the European Athletics Association website