Carmen Valero will be honored at the Spanish Cross Country Championships

Carmen Valero, first Spanish Olympic athlete to participate in the Olympic Gamesin Montreal 1976, and only Spanish athlete has won the Cross World Cupwill be honored later Sunday January 28before the beginning of the full race of women of Spanish Cross Country Championshipto be held in Getafe, as reported this Monday by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA).

the athlete, died on January 2 in Sabadell at the age of 68 after suffering a stroke a few days agoparticipate in 800 and 1500 meter events at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Gameswhere he finished 30th and 32nd, respectively, with no chance of reaching the Olympic semifinals, and became World champion twice (1976 and 1977), after winning bronze in 1975.

Acknowledged in four times by the Higher Sports Council (CSD) as the best spanish athlete (1973, 1975, 1976 and 1977), in 2001 was chosen the best female athlete of the 20th century by the Spanish Association of Athletics Statisticians (AEEA) and In 2003 he received the Sports Medal from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his career full of achievements, where the Royal Order of Sports Merit in the Silver Medal category and Silver Medal for sporting merit of the Higher Sports Council.

Furthermore, Carmen Valero is 25 times international and national featherweightwhere the eight Spanish cross country championshipsThe he was a seven-time Spanish 1,500 meter championThe four at 3,000 meters and the three times in the 800 meters.

After his retirement, the Aragonese remained linked to the sport, as part of the Board of Directors of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation during the mandate of José María Odriozola.