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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Cuba
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	800 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	2006 Cartagena	800 m

Zulia Calatayud (born November 9, 1979 in Havana) is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event. Her greatest season was 2005, when she became world champion and won the World Athletics Final.

[edit] Personal bests

• 400 metres - 50.87 (2001)
• 800 metres - 1:56.09 (2002)

Career highlights:

2006- 1st 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, Stuttgart

2006- 1st 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Cartagena de Indias

2005- 1st 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki

2004- 8th 2004 Olympic Games, Athens

2004- 1st 2004 Ibero-American Championships, Huelva

2001- semi-finalist, 2001 World Championships in Athletics, Edmonton

2000- 6th 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney

1999 Pan American Games, Winnipeg

[edit] Achievements

(800 metres unless noted)

• 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final - gold medal
• 2005 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal
• 2000 Summer Olympics - 6th place
• 1999 Pan American Games - gold medal (4x400 metres)
• 1999 Pan American Games - silver medal

[edit] External reference

• IAAF profile for Zulia Calatayud

v • d • e World Champions in Women's 800 m 1983 Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1987 Sigrun Wodars | 1991 Liliya Nurutdinova | 1993 Maria Mutola | 1995 Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1997 Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1999 Ludmila Formanová | 2001 Maria Mutola | 2003 Maria Mutola | 2005 Zulia Calatayud | 2007 Janeth Jepkosgei | 2009 Caster Semenya

v • d • e Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Women's 800 m  1970: Carmen Trustée (CUB)  •  1974: Charlotta Bradley (MEX)  •  1978: Aurelia Pentón (CUB)  •  1982: Nery McKeen (CUB)  •  1986 – 1990: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  •  1993 – 2002: Letitia Vriesde (SUR)  •  2006: Zulia Calatayud (CUB)

v • d • e IAAF World/Continental Cup Champions in Women's 800 m  1977: Totka Petrova (URS)  •  1979: Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)  •  1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS)  •  1985: Christine Wachtel (GDR)  •  1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)  •  1992 – 2002: Maria Mutola (MOZ)  •  2006: Zulia Calatayud (CUB)