Marcela Britos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marcela Valeria Britos |
| Nationality |
 Uruguay |
| Born |
26 February 1985 Maldonado, Uruguay |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 800 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 2:06.22 |
Marcela Valeria Britos (born February 26, 1985 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan track and field athlete, who specialized in middle distance running.[1] She represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the third heat of the event, against six other athletes, including Kenya's Pamela Jelimo, who eventually became an Olympic champion in the final. Britos finished the race in last place, with a time of 2:08.98, but was upgraded to sixth position in this heat, when Croatia's Vanja Perišić had been disqualified for failing the doping test.[2]
References
- ↑ "Marcela Britos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 800m Round 1 – Heat 3". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
External links
- IAAF profile for Marcela Britos
- NBC Olympics Profile
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