Maite Zúñiga

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Maite Zúñiga (actually: María Teresa Zúñiga Domínguez ; born December 28, 1964 in Eibar ) is a former Spanish middle-distance runner .

In 1987 she retired over 1500 m at the World Championships in Rome in the preliminary run. The following year she was fifth over the same distance at the European Indoor Championships in Budapest and over 800 m seventh at the Olympic Games in Seoul .

Also over 800 m, she was fourth at the European Indoor Championships in The Hague in 1989 , but was eliminated in the semifinals of the 1990 European Championships in Split and in the preliminary run at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.

As a result, she returned to the 1500 m distance at major international events. In 1992 she was sixth at the Olympic Games in Barcelona , in 1993 fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto and twelfth at the World Championships in Stuttgart and in 1994 eighth at the European Championships in Helsinki .

In 1995 she won bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona and was eighth at the World Championships in Gothenburg . The following year, she reached the semifinals at the Olympic Games in Atlanta .

In 1997 a bronze medal followed at the Mediterranean Games and fourth place at the World Championships in Athens . In 1998 she was sixth at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia and eighth at the European Championships in Budapest , in 1999 she was eliminated at the World Championships in Seville in the preliminary stages.

Five times she was Spanish champion over 800 m (1982, 1983, 1990-1992), six times over 1500 m (1989, 1993-1995, 1997, 1998) and once over 400 m (1988). In the hall she won one national title over 400 m (1990) and 800 m (1989) as well as eight over 1500 m (1987, 1988, 1993-1998).

Maite Zúñiga is 1.67 m tall and weighed 55 kg during her playing days. She was trained by Manuel Pascua .

Personal bests

  • 400 m : 52.71 s, June 7, 1988, Madrid
  • 800 m: 1: 57.45 min, June 1, 1988, Seville (Spanish record)
    • Hall: 2: 01.83 min, February 28, 1989, Seville (former Spanish record)
  • 1000 m : 2: 34.66 min, September 13, 1989, Jerez de la Frontera (former Spanish record)
    • Hall: 2: 44.87 min, March 10, 1989, Madrid (former Spanish record)
  • 1500 m: 4: 00.59 min, August 8, 1992, Barcelona (former Spanish record)
    • Hall: 4: 10.99 min, March 13, 1994, Paris (former Spanish record)
  • 1 mile : 4: 28.56 min, August 16, 1992, Cologne
    • Hall: 4: 33.06 min, February 22, 1998, Liévin (Spanish record)
  • 3000 m : 9: 18.39 min, May 28, 1999, Seville

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Gbrathletics: Spanish Championships
  2. ↑ gbrathletics: Spanish Indoor Championships
personal data
SURNAME Zúñiga, Maite
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zúñiga Domínguez, María Teresa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish middle distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Eibar