Maria Teresa Romero (born 22 September 1930) is a Spanish

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and former archer. She was a four time archery champion of Spain and competed in the

1972 Summer Olympic Games The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Artist career

Romero was born in Madrid in 1930. She was taught by Eduardo Peña. Romero began studying

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at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1956 and earned a

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degree in 1981. Her paintings ''La gitana'' and ''Mujer de rojo con guitarra'' won the Bienal Extremeña in 1963 and 1965 respectively. Romero started a painting school in 1979 in Badajoz where she moved to in 1960. 51 of Romero's paintings were featured in an exhibition at the Badajoz Museum of Fine Arts in 2018. This was the first time the museum had an anthological exhibition dedicated to a woman.

Archery

She was a four time champion of Spain in archery. Romero finished thirteenth in the women's individual with a total of 2347 points. She also won the Sports Merit Medal.

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Profile on worldarchery.org
1930 births Living people Spanish painters Spanish female archers Olympic archers for Spain Archers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Madrid {{Spain-archery-bio-stub