Cercedilla

Cercedilla
—  Municipality  —
Church of St. Sebastian.
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Coordinates: 40°44′15″N 4°32′47″W / 40.7375°N 4.54639°W / 40.7375; -4.54639
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Sierra Oeste
Government
- Mayor	Eugenio Romero Arribas
Area
- Total	35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi)
Elevation	1,214 m (3,983 ft)
Population (2009)
- Total	7,023
- Density	196.2/km2 (508.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Parraos
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website

Cercedilla is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Statue in Cercedilla of
Francisco Fernández Ochoa

It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950-2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (& 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.

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

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