- Carmen Valero
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Carmen Valero Medes (born October 4, 1955 in Teruel, Aragon) is a former middle-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There she was eliminated in the heats of the 800 and the 1500 metres. Valero was the only woman in the Spanish track and field squad for the Montreal Games.
Valero won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships of 1976 and 1977, and finished third in the World Cross Country Championships of 1975.
References
IAAF Women's World Cross Country Champions Short Course 1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1999: Jackline Maranga (KEN) • 2000: Kutre Dulecha (ETH) • 2001: Gete Wami (ETH) • 2002–2004: Edith Masai (KEN) • 2005: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) • 2006: Gelete Burka (ETH)
Long Course 1973–1974: Paola Pigni (ITA) • 1975: Julie Brown (USA) • 1976–1977: Carmen Valero (ESP) • 1978–1981: Grete Waitz (NOR) • 1982: Maricica Puică (ROM) • 1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) • 1984: Maricica Puică (ROM) • 1985–1986: Zola Budd (GBR) • 1987: Annette Sergent (FRA) • 1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) • 1989: Annette Sergent (FRA) • 1990–1992: Lynn Jennings (USA) • 1993: Albertina Dias (POR) • 1994: Hellen Chepngeno (KEN) • 1995: Derartu Tulu (ETH) • 1996: Gete Wami (ETH) • 1997: Derartu Tulu (ETH) • 1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1999: Gete Wami (ETH) • 2000: Derartu Tulu (ETH) • 2001–2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) • 2003: Werknesh Kidane (ETH) • 2004: Benita Johnson (AUS) • 2005–2006: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) • 2007: Lornah Kiplagat (NED) • 2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) • 2009: Florence Kiplagat (KEN) • 2010: Emily Chebet (KEN)
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- Spanish middle distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
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