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{{short description|Cuban sprinter}}
{{family name hatnote|Téllez|Santana|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Norberto Téllez
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|January 22, 1972}}
| birth_place      = [[Rodas]], [[Cienfuegos]], Cuba
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | 800 m }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|400 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]] | 800 m }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20) }}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 800 m }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 400 m }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 4x400 m relay }}
}}

'''Norberto Téllez Santana''' (born January 22, 1972, in [[Rodas]], [[Cienfuegos]]) is a retired [[Cuba]]n runner.

==Career==

Originally a [[400 metres]] runner who also enjoyed success in [[4 x 400 metres relay]], winning the silver medal at the 1992 Olympics, Téllez later converted to the [[800 metres]] distance. At the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]] he ran in 1:42.85 and thereby improved the national record of [[Alberto Juantorena]]. However, this wasn't enough to secure a medal as he finished in fourth place. A silver medal from the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]] was his best result thereafter.

==Major achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" | Representing {{CUB}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1990
| rowspan="3" | [[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A (under 20)|Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U20)]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m
| 47.22
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:50.08
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:09.48
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 800 m
| [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:47.33]]
|-
| 12th (h)
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:10.49]]
|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| rowspan=2|[[1991 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]
| rowspan=2|[[Kingston, Jamaica]]
| 8th
| 800 m
| 1:56.72
|-
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:09.19
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| [[1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
| [[Seville]], [[Spain]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4x400 meters relay|3:01.58]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:59.51]]
|-
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
| [[Havana, Cuba]]
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 400 m relay|3:02.95]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1993
| rowspan=2|[[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
| rowspan=2|[[Cali, Colombia]]
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
| 400 m
| 46.25
|-
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:02.58
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
| 14th (sf)
| 400 m
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|46.17]]
|-
| 6th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:00.46]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| [[Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#400 metres|45.80]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 400 metres relay|3:05.62]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1994
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[St. Petersburg, Russia]]
| 7th
| 400 m
| [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games – Results#400 meters|46.01]]
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games – Results#4 x 400 meters relay|3:01.87]]
|-
| [[1994 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
| [[London, United Kingdom]]
| 5th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1994 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 400 m relay|3:04.28]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1995
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Mar del Plata]], [[Argentina]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres|45.38]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:01.53]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 15th (sf)
| 400 m
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|46.68]]
|-
| 6th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:07.65]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| rowspan="2" | [[1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#800 meters|1:45.83]] '''CR'''
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 400 meters relay|3:03.98]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Atlanta]], [[United States]]
| 4th
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|1:42.85]] '''NR'''
|-
| rowspan=4|1997
| rowspan=2|[[1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
| rowspan=2|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
| bgcolor=gold|1st
| 800 m
| 1:47.78
|-
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:04.50
|-
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:44.00]] '''SB'''
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
| [[Catania, Italy]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres|1:47.63]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1998
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]], [[United States]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results#800 meters|1:45.92]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#800 metres|1:49.71]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.18]]
|-
| [[1998 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
| [[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
| 800 m
| [[1998 IAAF World Cup – Results#800 meters|1:48.92]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1999
| [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Maebashi, Japan]]
| 22nd (h)
| 800 m
| [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:52.38]]<sup>2</sup>
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
| [[Palma, Spain]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres|1:46.11]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Winnipeg]], [[Canada]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres|1:45.40]]
|-
| 4th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:01.79]]
|-
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Seville]], [[Spain]]
| 4th
| 800 m
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:45.03]]
|-
| 2001
| [[2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
| [[Guatemala City, Guatemala]]
| bgcolor=gold|1st
| 800 m
| [[2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#800 meters|1:46.51]]
|}
<sup>1</sup>Representing the Americas<br>
<sup>2</sup>Did not finish in the semifinals

==Personal bests==
* 200 metres – 21.10 (1994)
* 400 metres – 45.27 (1994)
* 800 metres – 1:42.85 (1996)

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Norberto Téllez}}
* [http://www.rcm.cu/noticias/2011/noviembre/02/raidel-acea_norberto-tellez.jpg Picture of Norberto Téllez (right)]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<ref>{{Citation
| last = Rodríguez
| first = Digno
| date = 2 November 2011
| title = Recibimiento a atletas cienfuegueros que intervinieron en Guadalajara 2011
| url = http://www.rcm.cu/noticias/2011/noviembre/02/panamericanoscienfuegos.htm
| publisher = Radio Ciudad del Mar Digital, Cienfuegos, Cuba
| language = es
| access-date = 25 March 2012
}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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{{Footer Pan American Champions 400m Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x400m Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 800m Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 400 m Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 800 m Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 4x400 m Men}}
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