Nelkis Casabona

Nelkis Teresa Casabona González (born 12 May 1984) is a Cuban track and field sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She has a personal best of 22.97 seconds for the event. She represented Cuba at the World Championships in Athletics and Pan American Games in 2011.

Nelkis Casabona
Personal information
Full nameNelkis Teresa Casabona González
Born (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984
Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Updated on 24 June 2013.

Casabona was born and raised in Pueblo Nuevo, one of three neighborhoods of the city of Matanzas, in Cuba's Matanzas Province.[1] In her first international appearance she finished fourth in the 200 m final at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, but was disqualified for a lane infraction.[2] It was not until 2009 that she began to make her impact on the Cuban senior ranks. That year she ran personal bests of 11.62 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.84 seconds for the 200 m. She was runner-up over 200 m at the 2009 ALBA Games, held in Havana, and helped the Cuban women win the 4×100 metres relay.[3] She did not run abroad in 2010; her season was highlighted by a 100 m win at the Barrientos Memorial and new best of 11.39 seconds for the distance.[4][5]

The 2011 season proved to be a breakthrough one for Casabona. She improved her 100 m best to 11.31 seconds then won both sprints at the Barrientos Memorial.[6] She won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events at the 2011 ALBA Games. She broke the games record times in the events and dipped under twenty-three seconds for the first time in the 200 m final, running 22.97 seconds.[1] Her global senior debut followed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics: she was knocked out in the 100 m heats, but reached the 200 m final.[4] An appearance at the 2011 Pan American Games closed her season and she was a finalist in both sprints as well as part of the fourth-placed Cuban relay team.[7]

She won both Cuban sprint titles in 2012 and placed seventh in the 200 m at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[8] She was chosen to run the 200 m for the Cuban team at the 2012 London Olympics.[9]

Personal bests
  • 100 m: 11.31 s – Havana, 12 May 2011
  • 200 m: 22.97 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Barquisimeto, 29 July 2011

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary – 200 m DQ (f)
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 2nd 200 m 23.83 s (+0.7 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.93 s
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 4th (h) 200 m 24.25 s (-1.8 m/s)
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st 100 m 11.34 s (-0.7 m/s)
1st 200 m 22.97 s (+2.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.33 s
World Championships Daegu, Korea 4th (h) 100 m 11.47 s (+0.3 m/s)
7th (sf) 200 m 23.32 s (-0.7 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 7th 100 m 11.56 s A
5th 200 m 23.43 s A
4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.97 s A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 7th 200 m 23.65 s (+0.9 m/s)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 8th (h) 200 m 23.82 s (+0.8 m/s)

References
  1. Diaz, Antonio (2011-07-29). La gema Casabona (in Spanish). JIT. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  2. Women's 200 metres final Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  3. Nelkys Casabona. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  4. Casabona Nelkis. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  5. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2010-03-23). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  6. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2011-05-29). New talents emerge at Barrientos Memorial in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  7. All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  8. 2012 Ibero American Championships Results Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
  9. Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-16.
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