Maria Trujillo

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Maria Trujillo (birth name María Trujillo Tenorio de Rios; born October 19, 1959 ) is a former American marathon runner of Mexican origin.

In 1983 she was ninth in the Boston Marathon and eleventh in the New York City Marathon .

At the 1984 Olympic Games , she came in 25th place.

A twelfth place in the Chicago Marathon in 1985 was followed the following year by a fifth place in the Hamburg Marathon , a victory in the San Francisco Marathon and a third place in the California International Marathon . In 1987 she was third in the Los Angeles Marathon , second in the Australian Marathon and won the Columbus Marathon .

Shortly after she was granted US citizenship, she started in the US Trials for the 1988 Olympic Games and finished in 16th place. At the end of the year she was fifth in Columbus.

In 1989 she was third in the Houston Marathon , sixth in the Pittsburgh Marathon and second in Columbus. In 1990 she won in Houston and was third in the Boston Marathon with her personal best of 2:28:53 h. The following year she was sixth in Los Angeles, was the overall winner of the Long Beach Marathon US champion and ran at the World Athletics Championships in 1991 in Tokyo in 14th place. In 1992 she was seventh in the Houston Marathon trials for the Barcelona Olympics , second in Long Beach and third in Pittsburgh. In 1993 she finished second in San Francisco and the Dallas Marathon, and in 1994 she was ninth in the Grandma's Marathon and seventh in Chicago.

In 1995 she won in Long Beach, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata and was third in the California International Marathon. A third place at the São Paulo Marathon in 1996 was followed the following year by a 16th place in Boston, a victory at the Silicon Valley Marathon and a fifth place at the California International Marathon.

In 1998 she was fifth in Houston and the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and second in San Francisco.

At the 1999 World Cup in Seville, she came in 35th place.

In the US Trials for the 2000 Olympic Games , she was twelfth, in the US Trials for the 2004 Olympic Games , she finished 89th.

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SURNAME Trujillo, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trujillo Tenorio de Rios, María
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American marathon runner of Mexican origin
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1959