Cercedilla (Spanish pronunciation: [θeɾθeˈðiʎa]) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

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Cercedilla
Municipality
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Location of Cercedilla in Madrid
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Coordinates: 40°44′28″N 4°3′25″W
Country	Spain
Region	Community of Madrid
Government
• Mayor	Luis Miguel Peña Fernández (2019)
Area
• Total	35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi)
Elevation	1,214 m (3,983 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	6,948
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Demonym	Parraos
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

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It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (and only) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.^[2]

Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.

• C-9 (Cercanías Madrid)

• C-8 (Cercanías Madrid)