Betty Kretschmer

{{Short description|Chilean sprinter (born 1928)}}

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| event = 100 metres

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Beatriz "Betty" Kretschmer Ries de Buccicardi (born 24 January 1928) is a Chilean sprinter. She competed in the heats only at the 1948 Summer Olympics, running in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and relay.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/betty-kretschmer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/betty-kretschmer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Betty Kretschmer Olympic Results |accessdate=7 June 2017}}

She was the long jump gold medallist and 4 × 100 metres relay silver medallist at the 1951 Pan American Games and returned four years later to win a further bronze medal with the Chilean relay team.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pag.htm Pan American Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 14 January 2018. She also placed fourth in the 200 m at the 1951 Games.[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=1465&Gender=W&Page=Tournaments.asp&Tour=P&Year=1951&TF=FBetty Kretschmer]. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 14 January 2018.

At regional level she had a long-lasting career. Her first medals were two silvers in the 100 m and 200 m at the 1943 South American Championships in Athletics. She gained her first South American title at the 1945 Championships, taking 100 m gold in addition to a 200 m silver.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sacw.htm South American Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 14 January 2018. A triple followed at the 1946 South American Championships, where she topped the field in 100 m, 200 m and the long jump.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sacu.htm South American Championships Unofficial]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 14 January 2018. Her last successes were at the 1956 South American Championships in Athletics, where she was 200 m champion and 100 m runner-up.