Norberto Téllez
Cuban sprinter
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Born | January 22, 1972 (1972-01-22) (age 52) Rodas, Cienfuegos, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norberto Téllez Santana (born January 22, 1972, in Rodas, Cienfuegos) is a retired Cuban runner.
Career
Originally a 400 metres runner who also enjoyed success in 4 x 400 metres relay, winning the silver medal at the 1992 Olympics, Téllez later converted to the 800 metres distance. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he ran in 1:42.85 and thereby improved the national record of Alberto Juantorena. However, this wasn't enough to secure a medal as he finished in fourth place. A silver medal from the 1997 World Championships was his best result thereafter.
Major achievements
1Representing the Americas
2Did not finish in the semifinals
Personal bests
- 200 metres – 21.10 (1994)
- 400 metres – 45.27 (1994)
- 800 metres – 1:42.85 (1996)
External links
- Norberto Téllez at World Athletics
- Picture of Norberto Téllez (right)[permanent dead link][1]
References
- ^ Rodríguez, Digno (2 November 2011), Recibimiento a atletas cienfuegueros que intervinieron en Guadalajara 2011 (in Spanish), Radio Ciudad del Mar Digital, Cienfuegos, Cuba, retrieved 25 March 2012[permanent dead link]
- v
- t
- e
- 1951: Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1955: Lou Jones (USA)
- 1959: George Kerr (BWI)
- 1963: James Johnson (USA)
- 1967: Lee Evans (USA)
- 1971: John Smith (USA)
- 1975: Ronnie Ray (USA)
- 1979: Tony Darden (USA)
- 1983: Cliff Wiley (USA)
- 1987: Raymond Pierre (USA)
- 1991: Roberto Hernández (CUB)
- 1995: Norberto Téllez (CUB)
- 1999: Greg Haughton (JAM)
- 2003: Mitch Potter (USA)
- 2007: Chris Brown (BAH)
- 2011: Nery Brenes (CRC)
- 2015: Luguelín Santos (DOM)
- 2019: Anthony Zambrano (COL)
- 2023: Lucas Conceição (BRA)