- Mari Cruz Díaz
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is García.
Mari Cruz Díaz (Catalan, Spanish: María Cruz Díaz García; born October 24, 1969 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired female race walker from Spain, who won the gold medal over 10 km at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Spain1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 1st 10 km 1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 10th 10 km World Championships Rome, Italy 4th 10 km 1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 3 km World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st 5 km 1989 World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 16th 10 km 1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 10th 10 km World Championships Tokyo, Japan 15th 10 km 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 10th 10 km 2003 World Championships Paris, France DSQ 20 km External links
- IAAF profile for Mari Cruz Díaz
- Profile at the RFEA
- sports-reference
European Champions in Women's Race Walking 1986–1998: 10 kilometres · 2002–2006: 20 kilometres1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) • 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) • 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) • 2010: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Spanish racewalkers
- Catalan athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Sportspeople from Barcelona
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
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