Cuban sprinter
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Romay and the second or maternal family name is
Martínez.
Fulgencia Romay Martínez (born January 16, 1944) is a retired sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by a Cuban woman. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal. She also won a silver medal in 200 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games.
International competitions
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Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing Cuba
|
1962
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Kingston, Jamaica
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
47.3
|
1963
|
Pan American Games
|
São Paulo, Brazil
|
5th
|
100 m
|
12.01
|
5th
|
200 m
|
25.4
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
46.44
|
Universiade
|
Porto Alegre, Brazil
|
6th
|
100 m
|
12.6
|
3rd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
47.5
|
1966
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
46.5
|
1968
|
Olympic Games
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
7th (h)
|
100 m
|
11.5
|
17th (h)
|
200 m
|
23.71
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
43.36
|
1969
|
Central American and Caribbean Championships
|
Havana, Cuba
|
2nd
|
100 m
|
11.8
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
45.9
|
1970
|
Central American and Caribbean Games
|
Panama City, Panama
|
2nd
|
100 m
|
11.6 (w)
|
3rd
|
200 m
|
24.3
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
44.7
|
1971
|
Central American and Caribbean Championships
|
Kingston, Jamaica
|
1st
|
100 m
|
11.6
|
2nd
|
200 m
|
23.70
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
45.01
|
Pan American Games
|
Cali, Colombia
|
4th (h)
|
100 m
|
11.521
|
3rd
|
200 m
|
23.89
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
44.63
|
1972
|
Olympic Games
|
Munich, West Germany
|
3rd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
43.36
|
1973
|
Central American and Caribbean Championships
|
Maracaibo, Venezuela
|
1st
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
45.9
|
1975
|
Pan American Games
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
2nd
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
43.65
|
1976
|
Olympic Games
|
Montreal, Canada
|
10th (h)
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
44.29
|
1Did not start in the semifinals