Julia Merino

María Julia Merino García (born 3 March 1971 in Valladolid) is a retired Spanish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1991 World Championships. In addition she won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Merino and the second or maternal family name is García.
Julia Merino
Personal information
Born (1971-03-03) 3 March 1971
Valladolid, Spain
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres

Her personal bests in the event are 51.82 seconds outdoors (Tokyo 1991) and 52.22 seconds indoors (Genoa 1992).

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 9th (sf) 400 m 54.84
1987 European Junior Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 7th 400 m 55.94
5th 4×400 m relay 3:41.26
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 17th (sf) 400 m 55.12
7th 4×400 m relay 3:38.94
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 10th (h) 800 m 2:07.23
European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 3rd 400 m 53.57
8th 4×400 m relay 3:42.47
World Cup Barcelona, Spain 6th 400 m 53.63
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.50
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 5th 400 m 53.48
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 20th (h) 400 m 53.74
9th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:31.76
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 10th (sf) 400 m 53.51
4th 4×400 m relay 3:31.86
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st 400 m 51.88
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 15th (sf) 400 m 53.41
8th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:29.12
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 4th 400 m 52.22
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 22nd (qf) 400 m 52.43
10th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:31.35

References
  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. Julia Merino at World Athletics


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