María Portillo Explained

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María Portilla
Fullname:María Portilla Cruz
Birth Date:10 April 1972
Birth Place:Apurímac, Peru
Weight:500NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Pb:Half-marathon: 1:15:02 (2001)
Marathon: 2:35:19 (2008)

María Portilla Cruz (born April 10, 1972, in Apurímac) is a Peruvian marathon runner.[1] Portillo made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-second out of fifty-four runners in the women's marathon, with a time of 2:36:50.

Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Portillo qualified for the second time, as a 36-year-old, in the women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She finished the race in thirty-ninth place by two seconds behind Germany's Melanie Kraus, with a national record and a personal best time of 2:35:19.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. María Portillo. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/maria-portillo-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Women's Marathon . . 12 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073356/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW099100/standings.html . 21 August 2012 .