Mónica Pont

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Mónica Pont Chafer (born 3 June 1969 in

long-distance runner from Spain, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on 13 April 1995, clocking 2:30:34.[1] She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, where she finished in 14th place.[2]

Pont set her personal best (2:27:53) in the classic distance in the 1996

Osaka International Ladies Marathon.[3] Her time from that event was then the second-best Spanish women's marathon time recorded, and it remains the Valencian record.[4] Pont also set the Valencian record for the half-marathon in an event in Barcelona 1996, at 1:12:27,[3] and held it for 22 years until Marta Esteban broke it in 2017.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
1995 Rotterdam Marathon[1]
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1st Marathon 2:30:34
World Championships[5]
Gothenburg, Sweden
6th Marathon
2:31:53
1996 Olympic Games[2]
Atlanta, United States
14th Marathon 2:33:27

References

  1. ^ a b "Names in the News", Los Angeles Times, April 24, 1995
  2. ^ a b "Marathon Women", Atlanta 1996, International Olympic Committee, retrieved 2020-09-23
  3. ^ a b "Monica Pont", Athlete Profile, World Athletics, retrieved 2020-09-23
  4. ^ a b Vicente Belda, José (13 February 2017), "Marta Esteban tumba un récord de Mónica Pont" [Marta Esteban breaks a record of Mónica Pont], Superdeporte (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Marathon women", 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Athletics, retrieved 2020-09-23

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