Margarita Martirena

Margarita Emilia Martirena Cal (born 6 June 1966 in Durazno, Uruguay) is a retired Uruguayan sprinter from 1982 until 1992.

She moved to Montevideo in 1985 to study medicine at the University of the Republic and to train in track.

[1] Her first international competition was in Caracas in 1984, where she and her team received a silver medal in the 4x400 relay and a bronze medal in the 4x100, breaking national and South American youth records in both.

[1] Then in Santa Fe, Argentina, she emerged as South American youth champion in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

[3][4] She also broke the all-time Uruguayan record in the 100 meter dash in Montevideo with a time of 11.7 seconds.