{{short description|Cuban track and field athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Susana Clement | image = | caption = | fullname = Susana Aylen Clement Quezada | nationality = {{CUB}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Diez de Octubre, Havana, Cuba | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.73|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = Athletics | event = 4×400 m relay | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | updated = 10 June 2013 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{CUB}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold |2011 Guadalajara|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}} {{MedalGold |2009 Havana|4×400 m relay}} }}
'''Susana Aylen Clement Quezada''' (born August 18, 1989) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 metres.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Susana Clement|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/susana-clement-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/susana-clement-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 December 2012}}</ref> She won gold medals for the national relay team at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Havana, and also, at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clavelo Robinson|first=Javier|title=Nava and da Silva take last athletics titles in Guadalajara as Pan American Games conclude|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/nava-and-da-silva-take-last-athletics-titles|publisher=IAAF|date=31 October 2011|access-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
== Career == Clement competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Roxana Díaz, Zulia Calatayud, and Indira Terrero. She ran on the third leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 51.38 seconds. She and her team finished the relay in second place for a seasonal best time of 3:25.48, giving them a qualifying slot for the final round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW404900/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|access-date=8 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821145240/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW404900/index.html|archive-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> By the following day, Clement and her team placed sixth in the finals, with a national record-breaking time of 3:23.31.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW404100/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|access-date=8 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821150106/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW404100/index.html|archive-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>
==Personal best== *200 m: '''23.28 s''' <small>(wind: +0.0 m/s)</small> – Camagüey, Cuba, 14 March 2009 *400 m: '''52.24 s''' – Havana, Cuba, 26 May 2007
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}} |- |rowspan=3|2007 |rowspan=2|ALBA Games |rowspan=2|Caracas, Venezuela |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |53.15 s |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:38.77 min |- |Pan American Junior Championships |São Paulo, Brazil |5th |200 m |23.82 s <small>(wind: +0.5 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan=2|2008 |World Junior Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m |52.36 s |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |6th |4 × 400 m relay |3:23.21 min '''NR''' |- |rowspan=2|2009 |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:29.94 min |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |5th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:27.36 min |- |2010 |Ibero-American Championships |San Fernando, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:30.73 min |- |rowspan=3|2011 |ALBA Games |Barquisimeto, Venezuela |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:34.91 min |- |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |4th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:26.74 min |- |Pan American Games |Guadalajara, Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:28.09 min '''A''' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120823023449/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=52160/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/susana-clement-1.html Sports reference biography] *[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=34979&Season=2011&Odd=1 Tilastopaja biography]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clement, Susana}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban women sprinters Category:Olympic athletes for Cuba Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Olympic women sprinters Category:21st-century Cuban sportswomen
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