Sandra Ruales Explained

Sandra Ruales
Fullname:	Sandra de las Mercedes Ruales Mosquera
Birth Date:	30 May 1974
Birth Place:	Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Height:	1.61m (05.28feet)
Weight:	53kg (117lb)
Country:
Sport:	Athletics

Sandra de las Mercedes Ruales Mosquera (born May 30, 1974 in Quito, Pichincha) is an Ecuadorian long-distance runner.

She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008. Ruales won the 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 edition of the Guayaquil Marathon.

International competitions

Representing
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	5th	10,000m	38:37.21 min A
	South American Youth Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	bgcolor=silver	2nd	1500 m	4:55.8 min A
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m	10:44.5 min A
1989	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	10,000 m	35:55.2 min
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	13th	10,000 m	36:06.61 min
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	4th	3000 m	9:46.00 min
			3rd	10,000 m	34:57.00 min
2004	Miami Marathon	Miami, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:45:24 hrs
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	36th	Marathon	2:44:28 hrs
2005	Miami Marathon	Miami, United States	1st	Marathon	2:37:00 hrs
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	-	Marathon	DNF
		Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	Marathon	2:41:40 hrs
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Half marathon	1:20:12 hrs GR A
2006	Miami Marathon	Miami, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:37:18 hrs
		Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	Marathon	2:45:58 hrs
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	43rd	Marathon	2:35:53 hrs
		Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	Marathon	2:50:40 hrs
2009	Miami Marathon	Miami, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:50:38 hrs
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	57th	Marathon	2:50:36 hrs
		Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	Marathon	2:45:25 hrs

References

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