María Teresa ("Mayte") Martínez Jiménez (born 17 May 1976 in

Valladolid Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...

) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships (she did not take part on 2003 Championships in Paris), being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka. She took part in 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, being eliminated in the semifinals (she was the last on both of them). She could not participate in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with an injury (fasciitis plantar).

Personal bests

Outdoor * 400 metres 53.67 Valladolid (01/05/2003) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

1:57.62 Osaka (28/08/2007) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

2:33.06 Huelva (13/09/2007) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

4:05.05 Rieti (28/08/2005) Indoor *

1:59.52 Gent (08/02/2004) *

2:38.80 Madrid (24/02/2005) *

4:09.18 Birmingham, GBR (03/03/2007)

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1976 births Living people Spanish female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Valladolid city councillors Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Valladolid 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub