Carmen Valero Omedes (born October 4, 1955, in Castelserás,

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) is a former middle-distance runner from

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, who represented her native country at the

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, Canada. There she was eliminated in the heats of the 800 and the 1500 metres. Valero was the only woman in the Spanish

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squad for the Montreal Games. Valero won the

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of 1976 and 1977, and finished third in the World Cross Country Championships of 1975.

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1955 births Living people Spanish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Spanish female long-distance runners World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Spanish female cross country runners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub