- Concepción Montaner
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Concepción Montaner (born 14 January 1981 L'Eliana, Valencia) is a Spanish long jumper.
She took the gold medal the World Junior Championships in 2000. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships she came close to her first major international senior medal, when she finished fourth with 6.76 metres - the same result as the bronze medalist Naide Gomes. Gomes beat Montaner on countback, due to a longer next best jump. In 2007 Montaner won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships, behind Gomes.
Her personal best jump is 6.92 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Madrid.
She is also a national indoor champion over 60 metres.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event 2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 1st 2001 Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 1st 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 9th European Championships Munich, Germany 4th World Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 9th World Championships Paris, France 12th World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 4th 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 2nd 6.69 m 2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st 6.45 m External links
- IAAF profile for Concepción Montaner
Mediterranean Champions in Women's Long Jump 1967: Maria Vittoria Trio (ITA) • 1971: Not Held • 1975: Not Held • 1979: Maria Lambrou (GRE) • 1983: Snežana Dančetović (YUG) • 1987: Antonella Capriotti (ITA) • 1991: Tamara Malešev (YUG) • 1993: Corinne Hérigault (FRA) • 1997: Niki Xanthou (GRE) • 2001: Concepción Montaner (ESP) • 2005: Fiona May (ITA) • 2009: Tania Vicenzino (ITA)
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Spanish long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
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