Mónica Pont
Spanish long-distance runner
Intro | Spanish long-distance runner | |
A.K.A. | Monica Pont | |
A.K.A. | Monica Pont | |
Places | Spain | |
is | Athlete Long-distance runner Runner | |
Work field | Sports | |
Gender |
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Birth | 3 June 1969 | |
Age | 55 years | |
Star sign | Gemini |
Mónica Pont Chafer (born 3 June 1969 in Bufali, Valencia) is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on 13 April 1995, clocking 2:30:34. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, where she finished in 14th place.
Pont set her personal best (2:27:53) in the classic distance in the 1996 Osaka International Ladies Marathon. Her time from that event was then the second-best Spanish women's marathon time recorded, and it remains the Valencian record. Pont also set the Valencian record for the half-marathon in an event in Barcelona 1996, at 1:12:27, and held it for 22 years until Marta Esteban broke it in 2017.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Spain | |||||
1995 | Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:30:34 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | Marathon | 2:31:53 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 14th | Marathon | 2:33:27 |