Isabel Checa Explained

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Isabel Checa
Fullname:Isabel Checa Porcel
Birth Date:27 December 1982
Birth Place:Silla, Valencia, Spain
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long-distance running
Club:Tossal Silla Alacant
Coach:Francisco Serrano
Pb:3000 m: 9:02.26
5000 m: 15:26.57
10,000 m: 32:07.78
Show-Medals:yes

Isabel Checa Porcel (born December 27, 1982, in Silla, Valencia) is a Spanish long-distance runner.[1] Checa represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 10,000 metres. She finished the race in twenty-ninth place by fourteen seconds behind China's Dong Xiaoqin, with a time of 33:17.88.[2]

Checa is the twin sister of long-distance runner Dolores Checa, who also competed for the women's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Isabel Checa. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/isabel-checa-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 13 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Women's 10,000m Final. NBC Olympics. 13 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730225819/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW100100/standings.html. 30 July 2012. dead.
  3. News: Dolores e Isabel Checa, las hermanas "más golosas" del atletismo español. Dolores and Isabel Checa, sisters of Spanish athletics. es. 20 Minutos Español. 13 December 2012.