The first classified! Gladys Tejeda will be at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Peru has already confirmed its first presence at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It is the national long-distance runner Gladys Tejeda, who will compete in her fourth Olympics at the age of 38. The news was confirmed by various entities such as the Peruvian Olympic Committee, Legado, and the IPD.

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The athlete from Junin reached the qualification mark required by World Athletics to secure her spot. In the Valencia Marathon, Tejeda achieved a time of 2:26:26, surpassing the required qualifying mark (2:26:50).

Likewise, with the same time, she qualified for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest and the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

In this way, Tejeda closes out a successful 2022, demonstrating that she is still at her peak athletic performance, winning the gold medal at the Bolivarian Games and breaking the South American and national records during the Sevilla Marathon.

How did Gladys Tejeda perform in the Olympic Games?

Gladys Tejeda has participated in 3 Olympic Games, making her debut in London 2012 (as the flag bearer) and finishing in 43rd place in the marathon. In Rio 2016, she had her best performance, finishing the race in 15th place. Likewise, Tejeda participated in the Tokyo 2020 marathon, finishing in 27th place and being the best Latin American in the competition.

In addition, Tejeda won the gold medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

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