Misplaced Pages

Maria Martins (athlete)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
French middle-distance runner
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This biography of a living person relies on a single source. You can help by adding reliable sources to this article. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Maria Martins (born 1 April 1974) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres. She was born in Santa Katarina, Cape Verde.

Arriving in Roubaix in 1988 to rejoin her father, Maria is 1.62m tall and weighs 50 kg. A teacher of hers detected her aptitude for Track and Field and directed her towards athletics. She first ran for club Lille UC up to 1993, then at the Athletic Club de Villeneuve-d'Ascq [fr] (ACVA) before stopping training at the end of 1995 to have a baby. She restarted training in 1999 encouraged by her coach at Club Villeneuve and then she ran for club US Tourcoing (which became club Lille Métropole Athlétisme [fr] in 2006). She has been selected 24 times for French elite Track teams..

In August 2007, she was selected to participate in the 2007 World Championship Athletic team.

Prizes

Cross-Country

Athletics

  • French Champion 1500 m (outdoor) - 2002 [fr]
  • French Champion 1500 m (indoor) - 2006 [fr]
  • French Champion 3000 m (indoor) - 2003 [fr], 2005 [fr]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 7th 3000 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 8th 1500 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th 1500 m

Personal Bests

Outdoor

Event Time Date Location
800 m 2:02.83 17 July 2004 Sotteville
1000 m 2:38.91 15 July 2007 Metz
1500 m 4:04.55 4 July 2003 Paris
1 mile 4:28.67 15 June 2003 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
3000 m 9:00.71 18 June 2005 Florence

Indoor

Event Time Date Location
1500 m 4:11.20 10 February 2006 Eaubonne
3000 m 8:51.76 6 February 2005 Gent

External links


Flag of FranceBiography icon

This biographical article about a French middle-distance runner is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: