Original from Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba. Winner of several gold medals in 800m of athletics at world championships in Gotemburg, Sweden, 1995 and Athens, Greek, 1997 after having suffered grave burns in great part of her body due to a domestic accident. She also won two olympic medals, Bronze in Barcelona, 1992 and Silver medal in Atlanta, 1996. Ana Fidelia was also crowned in five Grand Prix, in 800m, 1987 (1:58.80); 1989 (1:59.02) and 1991 (2:00.17); in 400m: 1988 (50.27) and 1990 (50.31).
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