María José Pueyo Bergua (born March 16, 1970, in
Jaca
Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ea ...
,
Huesca) is a Spanish marathon runner. At age thirty-eight, Pueyo made her official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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, where she competed in the
women's marathon, along with her compatriots
Alessandra Aguilar and Cuban-born Yesenia Centeno. She finished the race in sixty-fourth place by thirty-one seconds ahead of Hungary's Petra Teveli, with a time of 2:48:01.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Spanish female marathon runners
Living people
Olympic athletes for Spain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Jaca
Sportspeople from the Province of Huesca
1970 births
Spanish Athletics Championships winners
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