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Concepción "Concha" Montaner Coll (born 14 January 1981 L'Eliana, Valencia) is a Spanish
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
er. She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she won her first major international senior medal when she finished third with 6.76 metres - the same result as the silver medalist Naide Gomes. Gomes beat Montaner on countback, due to a longer next best jump. In 2007 Montaner won the silver medal at the
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, behind Gomes. Her personal best jump is 6.92 metres, achieved in July 2005 in
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. She is also a national indoor champion over
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* 1981 births Living people Spanish female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics People from Camp de Túria Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub