Aurora Cunha Explained

Aurora Cunha (born 31 May 1959, in Ronfe, near Guimarães) is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, living in Póvoa de Varzim. From 1984 to 1992 she represented her native country in three consecutive Olympic Games. Cunha's greatest successes were in road running, at which she was a three-time World Champion. She also won several marathons during her career, including Paris (1988), Tokyo (1988), Chicago (1990) and Rotterdam (1992).

International competitions

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Representing
1982Milan, Italy8th3000 m9:12.86
1983Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=gold1st1500m4:15.55
bgcolor=gold1st3000m9:14.10
1984World Road Race ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain1st10 km33:04
Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States6th3000 m8:46.37
1985World Road Race ChampionshipsGateshead, England1st15 km49:17
1986Madrid, Spain6th3000 m9:10.50
Stuttgart, West Germany4th10,000 m31:39.35
World Road Race ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal1st15 km48:31
1987Rome, Italy17th10,000 m32:44.42
1988Paris, France1stMarathon2:34:56
Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea—MarathonDNF
Tokyo, Japan1stMarathon2:31:26
1989London MarathonLondon, England3rdMarathon2:28:11
World Road Race ChampionshipsSan Diego, United States3rd15 km50:06
1990Split, Yugoslavia9th10,000 m32:15.83
World Road Race ChampionshipsDublin, Ireland5th15 km50:27
Chicago, United Statesbgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:30:11
1991Tokyo, Japan - MarathonDNF
1992Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1stMarathon2:29:14
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain—MarathonDNF