Marlene Elejarde DÃÂaz (also spelled Elejalde, June 3, 1951 â April 29, 1989) was a sprinter from Cuba. She was born in Havana. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She died in a car accident in 1989.