Maria Rebelo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 29 January 1956 (age 70) |
| Years active | 1990s |
| Sport | |
Event | Marathon |
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.
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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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 |
Road race wins
[edit | edit source]- Paris Marathon: 1986 (2:32:16)
- Paris Half Marathon: 1993 (1:13:02)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ sports-reference
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- ^ FFA profile
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External links
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Ílhavo
- French women long-distance runners
- French women marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- Portuguese emigrants to France
- Paris Marathon women winners
- French Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century French sportswomen
- French long-distance runner stubs