Ana Fidelia Quirot

Ana Fidelia Quirot

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Full name	Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré
Born	(1963-03-23) 23 March 1963 (age 54) Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 800 m 1992 Barcelona 800 m World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 800 m 1997 Athens 800 m 1991 Tokyo 800 m Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis 400 m 1987 Indianapolis 800 m 1991 Havana 400 m 1991 Havana 800 m 1991 Havana 4x400 m relay 1983 Caracas 400 m 1983 Caracas 4x400 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1986 Santiago 400 metres 1986 Santiago 800 metres 1990 Mexico City 400 metres 1990 Mexico City 800 metres Summer Universiade 1989 Duisburg 800 metres Representing Americas World Cup 1989 Barcelona 400 m 1989 Barcelona 800 m 1989 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
Updated on 10 February 2014.

Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈana fiˈðelja kiˈɾot]; born March 23, 1963) is a female former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996). Her best time of 1:54.44 from 1989, still ranks her fourth on world all-time list (as of 2014).

Quirot was born in Palma Soriano, Cuba. In 1983, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the Pan American Games in Caracus, running 51.83. Four years later at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, she won both the 400 m and 800 m. In the 400 m, she ran 50.27 to defeat Canada's Jillian Richardson, while in the 800 m she defeated Delisa Walton-Floyd of the USA in 1:59.06. Later that year at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, she improved her 800 m best 1:55.84, to finish fourth in a high quality final. The race was won by East Germany's Sigrun Wodars in 1:55.32.

At the 1989 IAAF World Cup in Barcelona, Quirot reached her peak at 800 metres. In a race that was fast from the start, thanks to the front running of World and Olympic champion Wodars, Quirot won in 1:54.44, to move to third on the world all-time list behind world record holder and 1980 Olympic champion Nadezhda Olizarenko. She also won the 400 m, after original winner Marie-Jose Perec was disqualified for running out of her lane. In 1990, she again achieved a 400m, 800 m double, this time at the Goodwill Games in Seattle. She won the 400 m in 50.38 and the 800 m in 1:57.42, narrowly ahead of the Soviet Union's Liliya Nurutdinova, who ran 1:57.52.

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