Carmen Martínez (athlete)
Carmen Patricia Martínez (born 26 December 1982) is a Paraguayan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.She finished 115th in the 2016 Olympic marathon in a time of 2 hours 56 minutes and 43 seconds.[4] She served as the flag bearer for Paraguay during the closing ceremony.[5] In 2015, she received the Victory of Gold award for best athlete of the year from the Paraguay Sports Journalists' Circle; she was also named Athlete of the Year 2015 by the Paraguayan Athletics Federation.[2] This biographical article relating to Paraguayan athletics is a stub.