Omara Durand

Omara Durand

Durand at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Omara Durand Elías
Born	26 November 1991 (1991-11-26) (age 32) Santiago de Cuba
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T12
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m T12: 11.44 200 m T12: 23.02 400 m T12: 51.77
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Cuba Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 11 0 0 World Championships 14 0 0 Parapan American Games 12 0 0 Total 37 0 0 Paralympic Games 2012 London 100 m – T13 2012 London 400 m – T13 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m – T12 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m – T12 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m – T12 2020 Tokyo 100 m – T12 2020 Tokyo 200 m – T12 2020 Tokyo 400 m - T12 2024 Paris 100 m – T12 2024 Paris 200 m – T12 2024 Paris 400 m – T12 World Championships 2011 Christchurch 200 m – T13 2011 Christchurch 400 m – T13 2015 Doha 100 m – T12 2015 Doha 200 m – T12 2015 Doha 400 m – T12 2017 London 100 m – T12 2017 London 200 m – T12 2017 London 400 m – T12 2019 Dubai 100 m – T12 2019 Dubai 200 m – T12 2019 Dubai 100 m – T12 2023 Paris 100 m – T12 2023 Paris 200 m – T12 2023 Paris 400 m – T12 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m – T13 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200 m – T13 2007 Rio de Janeiro 400 m – T13 2011 Guadalajara 100 m – T13 2011 Guadalajara 400 m – T13 2015 Toronto 100 m – T12 2015 Toronto 200 m – T12 2015 Toronto 400 m – T12 2019 Lima 100 m – T12 2019 Lima 200 m – T12 2019 Lima 400 m – T12 2023 Santiago 200 m – T12

Omara Durand Elías^[a] (born 26 November 1991 in Santiago de Cuba) is a visually impaired Cuban sprinter, who competes in T12 and T13 events.^[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won gold medals in the 100 m – T13 and 400 m – T13 competitions. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics she won the 100 m – T12 event, setting a new world record at 11.40.^[2] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's 400m T12.^[3]

She competed at the 2011 World Championships, 2015 Parapan American Games, and 2015 Doha World Championships.^[4]

Following the 2016 Paralympics, Durand was named Best Female at the Paralympic Sport Awards.^[5]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omara Durand.

• Omara Durand at the International Paralympic Committee
• Omara Durand at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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