Cristina Marsans Astoreca (9 May 1946 – 26 August 2018) also known as Marquesa de Artasona, was a Spanish golfer, best known for popularizing competitive golf in Spain.

Early life

Marsans was the daughter of Enrique Marsans, founder of the first travel agency in Spain.

Amateur career

She represented Spain at the world amateur team championship, the

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

, on six occasions and at the

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on nine occasions. At the 1977 European Championship at Sotogrande in Spain, her team finished silver medalists, as well as in 1975, and she won the individual stroke-play part of the competition herself, six strokes ahead of the nearest competitors.

Royal Spanish Golf Federation

After her sport career, she became part of the Board of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, in different positions: President of the Women's Committee (1988-1992); Vice President of the Women's Committee (1998 and 2006); member of the Disciplinary Committee and member of the Honors Committee (until 2005). From the RFEG she promoted the creation of the "Green Wood Awards of Environmental Responsibility" for Spanish golf courses as well as the "Human Values Awards", to promote values of solidarity and care for the environment. She especially focused on issues related to quality, design and environment, encouraging clubs to take the necessary steps to obtain ISO 14001 certification.

Private life

She married Alfredo Goyeneche, an aristocrat and Olympic rider, who became president of the Spanish Olympic Committee and died in a car accident in 2002 at the age of 65, already separated from Marsans. They had two children together, Javier and Sandra.

Awards

*Gold Medal for Golf Merit (1975)

Amateur wins

*Six Spanish Amateur Championships: 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1978 *Three Spanish Foursome Championships: 1965, 1972 and 1973 *Four individual Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championships: 1965, 1977, 1979 and 1981. *Two Spanish International Foursome Championships: 1965 and 1971. *One Spanish Mixed Championship: 1972. *One Italian International Amateur Championship: 1975. *Three Copa de Jerez (Sotogrande): 1972, 1975 and 1981.

Senior amateur wins

*1999 Spain Individual Senior Championship, Spain Senior Foursome Championship, Spain Senior International Foursome Championship *2000 Spain Senior Foursome Championship *2001 Spain Senior Foursome Championship, Spain Senior International Foursome Championship *2003 Portugal International Senior Championship *2004 Spain Individual Senior Championship *2005 Spain Senior Foursome Championship Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Spain):

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

, 1969,

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in od ...

(representing the Continent of Europe): 1975, 1981 (winners) *

(representing Spain):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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References

1946 births 2018 deaths Spanish female golfers Golfers from Madrid 20th-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-golf-bio-stub