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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]