Griselda González

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Griselda González
Personal information
Birth nameGriselda María de los Ángeles González[a]
Full nameGriselda María de los Ángeles González Santillo
NationalityArgentine, Spanish
Born (1965-12-04) 4 December 1965 (age 58)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sport
CountryArgentina, Spain

Griselda María de los Ángeles González Santillo (born 4 December 1965) is a former long-distance runner. She twice won the Buenos Aires Marathon. Born in Argentina, she represented her country of birth twice (1992 and 1996) at the Summer Olympics, before switching nationality and competing for Spain.

González had success at the South American Cross Country Championships where she took silver in the 1987 and 1988 races before finally taking the gold in 1989.[1]

Achievements[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Argentina
1988 Buenos Aires Marathon Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Marathon 2:42:48
1990 Ibero-American Championships Manaus, Brazil 5th 3000 m 9:29.55
4th 10,000 m 35:38.99
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 5th 10,000 m 35:33.45
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 10,000 m 33:24.89
1993 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd 5000 m 9:45.5
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 19th Marathon 2:35:12
1997 Buenos Aires Marathon Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Marathon 2:37:04
Representing  Spain
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 33rd Marathon 2:38:28
2001 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th Marathon 2:31:05
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 29th Marathon 2:37:52

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In this Argentine name, the surname is González.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.

External links[edit]

  • Griselda González at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Griselda González". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009.