Rose Mary Almanza

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

Rose Mary Almanza
Rose Mary Almanza in 2017
Personal information
Full nameRose Mary Almanza Blanco
Born (1992-07-13) July 13, 1992
Camagüey, Cuba[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Cuba
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chorzów 4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima800 m

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

EventResultVenueDate
800 m1:56.28Sweden Stockholm4 July 2021
800 m indoor2:04.18France Eaubonne9 February 2016
1500 m4:14.53Cuba La Habana9 Oct 2014

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
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
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 4th 800m 2:04.82 A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd 800 m 2:03.29
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
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
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
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
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
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
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.92
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 27th (h) 800 m 2:01.96
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 800 m 2:01.75
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.08
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 38th (h) 800 m 2:01.33
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.70

References

  1. Rose Mary Almanza Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-07-21.
  2. "2018 CAC Games bio". 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.
  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.
  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. 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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