Susana Clement

Susana Clement

Personal information
Full name	Susana Aylen Clement Quezada
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 35) Diez de Octubre, La Habana
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	4×400 m relay
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×400 m relay CAC Championships 2009 Havana 4×400 m relay
Updated on 10 June 2013

Susana Aylen Clement Quezada (born August 18, 1989, in Diez de Octubre, La Habana) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1][2] She won gold medals for the national relay team at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Havana, and also, at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3]

Career

Clement competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Roxana Díaz, Zulia Calatayud, and Indira Terrero. She ran on the third leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 51.38 seconds. She and her team finished the relay in second place for a seasonal best time of 3:25.48, giving them a qualifying slot for the final round.[4] By the following day, Clement and her team placed sixth in the finals, with a national record-breaking time of 3:23.31.[5]

Personal best

• 200 m: 23.28 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) – Camagüey, 14 March 2009
• 400 m: 52.24 s – La Habana, 26 May 2007

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	400 m	53.15 s
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.77 min
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	200 m	23.82 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	400 m	52.36 s
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.21 min NR
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.94 min
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.36 min
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.73 min
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.91 min
	World Championships	Daegu, Korea	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.74 min
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.09 min A

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susana Clement". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
2. XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
3. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (31 October 2011). "Nava and da Silva take last athletics titles in Guadalajara as Pan American Games conclude". IAAF. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
4. "Women's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
5. "Women's 4×400m Relay Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

• Susana Clement at World Athletics
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography