Career
Benavides represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of 11.45 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi finals as her time of 11.40 was the fifth time of her race.
Outdoor
100 m: 11.14 s (wind: +13 m/s) – Camagüey, 26 February 1999
200 m: 22.93 s (wind: +06 m/s) – Camagüey, 11 March 2000
Indoor
60 m: 7.16 s – Karlsruhe, 15 February 2004.
