| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Daisurami Bonne Rousseau |
| Born | (1988-03-09)March 9, 1988 (age 37) Guantánamo,Guantánamo |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 4 × 400m Relay |
| Updated on 29 December 2014 | |
Daisurami Bonne Rousseau (born 9 March 1988) is aCubantrack and fieldsprint athlete who specialises in the400 metres. A two-time participant at theWorld Championships in Athletics (2009 and 2011), her personal best for the event is 51.69 seconds. At the2011 Pan American Games, she was the 400 m silver medallist and a relay gold medallist. She has also won medals at theCentral American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.
Born inGuantánamo and raised inVilla Clara Province, she is the daughter ofIdalmis Bonne, who was also a sprinter and Pan American Games gold medallist.[2] Her first international appearance came at the2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships. Although she was knocked out in the early rounds of the200 metres, she teamed up withAymeé Martínez,Diosmely Peña andIndira Terrero to win thegold medal in the4×400 metres relay.[3] Further success came in 2009: she won the 400 msilver medal and relay gold at the2009 ALBA Games and ran under 52 seconds for the first time at theBarrientos Memorial (where she came second with a time of 51.81 sec). An individual bronze and another relay win came at the2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics inHavana and the team's winning time of 3:29.94 minutes enabled them to compete at the2009 World Championships in Athletics. Bonne helped the Cubans to qualify for the final as the fastest losers with a time of 3:27.36 minutes, but the squad were almost ten seconds slower in the relay final and finished last by some distance.[4]
With no major championships to prepare for, Bonne largely competed in Cuba in 2010 and won 400 m races at the Barrientos meet and theOlimpiada del Deporte Cubano. Her sole outing abroad that year was inSan Fernando in Spain at the2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. This marked the peak of her season as she had her year's best run of 52.25 seconds to win the 400 m title before going on to anchor the Cuba relay team to a second gold medal. Her 2011 season began with a win at the Copa Cuba and later that year she ran a time of 52.04 seconds for the silver at the2011 ALBA Games (where she also won a relay gold). She returned again to the global stage at the2011 World Championships in Athletics and was eliminated in the heats of both the individual and relay events.[4]
She achieved a personal best at the2011 Pan American Games inGuadalajara in October – her time of 51.69 seconds was enough for the silver medal behindJennifer Padilla.[5] Bonne then anchored the 4 × 400 m Cuban relay team to the gold medal.[6]
La Habana, 21 June 2014
Guadalajara, 26 October 2011
