Nallely Vela
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| Full name | Nallely Vela Rascón | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1986 Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 400 metres relay | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m: 52.65 s (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nallely Vela Rascón (born February 8, 1986, in Veracruz, Veracruz) is a Mexican sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1] She won a total of three medals (two golds and one silver), as a member of the Mexican relay team, at the Ibero-American Championships (2006 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, 2008 in Iquique, Chile, and 2010 in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain).[2][3]
Vela competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Zudikey Rodríguez, Gabriela Medina, and Ruth Grajeda. Running the third leg, Vela recorded her individual-split time of 53.01 seconds, and the Mexican team went on to finish the second heat in seventh place, for a total time of 3:30.36.[4]
