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María Vasco
	María Vasco (on the right) in Osaka 2007.
Personal information
Born	December 26, 1975 (age 48); Viladecans, Catalonia, Spain
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km Race Walk
Medal record
Olympic Games
IAAF World Championships
IAAF Race Walking Championships

María Vasco

Spanish race walker

María del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo (born December 26, 1975, in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker.^[1] She won the bronze medal in the 20 km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Vasco was also a gold and bronze medalist at the IAAF Race Walking Championships. She was born in Viladecans near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Biografía de María Vasco - Todos sus 20km marcha - RFEA.es (PDF) (in Spanish), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, retrieved 10 June 2015

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1998 European Championships, women's results

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	15th	5000 m	23:47.98
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	6th	5000 m	22:34.26
1993	European Junior Championships	San Sebastián, Spain	4th	5000 m	22:40.83
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisboa, Portugal	4th	5000 m	21:41.47
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	26th	10 km	45:40
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	26th	10 km	45:05
1996	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	13th	10 km	45:39
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	28th	10 km	46:09
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	22nd	10 km	43:54
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	2nd	10 km	44:01
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	7th	10 km	43:23
	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	3rd	Team - 10 km	41 pts
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	10 km	43:02^[2]
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	23rd	20 km	1:32:38
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	20 km	1:33:35
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	—	20 km	DNF
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	20 km	1:30:23
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	7th	20 km	1:30:11
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	20 km	1:30:19
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	8th	20 km	1:30:57
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	—	20 km	DNF
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	3rd	20 km	1:28:10
	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	2nd	Team - 20 km	40 pts
	World Championships	Paris, France	—	20 km	DNF
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	7th	20 km	1:30:06
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	3rd	20 km	1:27:36
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	20 km	1:28:51
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	2nd	20 km	1:34:28
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	15th	20 km	1:32:50
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	5th	20 km	1:29:17
	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	3rd	Team - 20 km	25 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	20 km	1:30:47
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	5th	20 km	1:28:39
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	5th	20 km	1:27:25
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	1st	20 km	1:32:53
	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	Team - 20 km	18 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	20 km	DSQ
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	1st	20 km	1:31:55
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	20 km	DNF
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	4th	20 km	1:31:41
	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	2nd	Team - 20 km	22 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	13th	20 km	1:32:42
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	—	20 km	DNF
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th	20 km	1:28:14

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