Mari Cruz Díaz

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 (Spanish: María Cruz Díaz García; born October 24, 1969 in Barcelona, Spain) 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	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	5000m	23:07.66
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	1st	10 km	46:09
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	10th	10 km	45:39
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	10 km	44:48
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	3000m	12:55.03
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	1st	5000m	21:51.31
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	16th	10 km	46:12
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	10th	10 km	46:38
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	15th	10 km	45:23
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	10 km	45:32
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	—	20 km	DQ

European Athletics Championships champions in women's racewalking

1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk	1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)

2002–present 20 kilometres race walk	2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2010: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2014: Elmira Alembekova (RUS)

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