Gladys Tejeda

Gladys Tejeda

Gladys Tejeda at 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full name	Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga
Born	(1985-09-30) September 30, 1985 (age 31) Jauja, Junín, Perú
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Distance running
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Peru Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo Half marathon Pan American Cross Country Cup 2015 Barranquilla 7000 m 2015 Barranquilla Team - 7km South American Half Marathon Championships 2010 Lima Half marathon South American Championships in Athletics 2013 Cartagena 5000 m Pan American Games Disqualified 2015 Toronto Marathon 2011 Guadalajara Marathon
Updated on 22 July 2015.

Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (born 30 September 1985 in Jauja, Junín) is a Peruvian long-distance runner.

She competed in women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Further she was selected as Peru's flag-bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.

In 2013, she finished as champion in the XXXI edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:37:35. She finished in third place at Pan-American Games, in Guadalajara, 2011.

In 2015, she won the Marathon Gold Medal in the Pan American Games, setting a new Pan-American record of 2:33:05. A few weeks after the games, Julio César Maglione, president of the Pan American Sports Organization announced that Gladys Tejeda tested positive for doping, which she denied.

On September 10 2015, she has been stripped of her gold medal by the Committee who said in a statement that Tejeda had tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list because it is used to mask other drugs. The statement said that Tejeda would be temporarily suspended from international competition.

On August 14, 2016, Tejeda was ranked 15th in Women's Marathon in the Rio 2016 Olympics with a time of 2:29:55.