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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]