Maria Rebelo

Maria Rebelo (divorced Rebelo-Lelut; born 29 January 1956 in Ílhavo, Baixo Vouga, Portugal)[1] is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best of 2:29:04 hours in the marathon in 1991.

Maria Rebelo
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born29 January 1956 (1956-01-29) (age 64)
Ilhavo
Years active1990s
Sport
Event(s)Marathon

Rebelo rose to prominence in the 1986 season by winning the Paris Marathon in the time of 2:32:16. Winner of her first national marathon title in 1990, Maria Rebelo took third at the 1990 European Championships at Split, finishing behind the Portuguese Rosa Mota and the Soviet Valentina Yegorova. She ran the best performance of her career on 21 April 1991 by completing the London Marathon in 2:29:04, then she placed fifth at the 1991 World Championships at Tokyo in 2:32:05.[2] Selected to run at the 1992 Olympic Games, Rebelo did not finish. She won two more French national marathon championships in 1993 and 1994.[3][4][5]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  France
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 9th Marathon 2:40:20
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy — Marathon DNF
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 18th Marathon 2:33:47
1990 European Championships Split, SFR Yugoslavia 3rd Marathon 2:35.51
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 5th Marathon 2:32:05
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain — Marathon DNF
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th Marathon 2:38:33

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References
  1. sports-reference
  2. Butler, Mark (2005), IAAF (ed.), IAAF Statistics Handbook: Helsinki 2005, pp. 169–170
  3. FFA profile
  4. Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), Docathlé 2003, pp. 78–79, 88, 119, 149, 178, 428, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3
  5. Siukonen, Markku & Ahola, Matti (1990), Sporttikustannus Oy (ed.), Suuri EM-kirja, pp. 160, 207, ISBN 951-8920-11-7


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