Maria Vasco

Vasco (right) at the 2007 World Championships

María Vasco ( María del Monte Vasco Gallardo ; born December 26, 1975 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish walker .

Vasco set several Spanish records in 5000 and 10,000 meters of track walking and in 5 km, 10 km and 20 km of street walking.

At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she won the bronze medal in the 20 km walk behind Wang Liping (CHN) and Kjersti Plätzer (NOR). Vasco took seventh place at the 2001 World Championships , fifth at the 2004 Olympic Games and fourth at the 2005 World Championships .

At the 2007 World Championships Vasco won the bronze medal. At the 2008 Olympics , she was fifth.

She is 1.56 m tall and weighed 46 kg.

literature

Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2007. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2007, ISBN 978-1-899807-49-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Vasco, María
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vasco Gallardo, Maria del Monte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish walker
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona