Maria de Lurdes Mutola (/məˈriːəmuːˈtoʊlə/mə-REE-ə moo-TOH-lə; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. She is a three-time world champion in this event and a one-time Olympic champion.
Although Mutola never broke the world record in her favourite event, she is regarded by many track insiders and fans as one of the greatest 800 metres female runners of all time due to her consistently good results in major championships and her exceptional longevity which saw her compete at the highest level for two decades before retiring from athletics in 2008 at the age of 35. She is also the only athlete ever to have won Olympic, World, World indoor, Commonwealth Games, Continental Games and Continental Championships titles in the same event.[citation needed] She is also the main coach and mentor of Caster Semenya.
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Maria de Lurdes Mutola (/məˈriːə muːˈtoʊlə/ mə-REE-ə moo-TOH-lə; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who...
This was also the fastest mile by an American in three years. Maria de Lurdes Mutola won 16 consecutive (1993-2008) women's 800 m races at the Pre Classic...
September 2021. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:31.93: MariaMutola also ran 2:29.66 (1996), 2:30.12 (2002), 2:30.72 (1995), 2:30.94 (1999)...
January 2023. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:24.70: MariaMutola also ran 1:23.13 (2003). Pamela Jelimo also ran 1:24.08+ (2008). Athing...
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runner. MariaMutola was heavily favored, having been on a 3-year unbeaten streak, but stepped on a lane marker in the semis, being disqualified. Mutola would...
Only Caster Semenya (2012/2016) has won the women's title twice, but MariaMutola, Kelly Holmes and Pamela Jelimo have won gold and reached the podium...
2:30.67 Christine Wachtel East Germany West Berlin 1990-08-17 2:29.34 MariaMutola Mozambique Brussels 1995-08-05 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova Russia Brussels...
Kiptanui (3000 metres steeplechase) and MariaMutola (800 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. Mutola became the first African woman to...
she was not considered as a real favourite for the 800 m Olympic gold; MariaMutola and Ana Fidelia Quirot were expected to fight for the title in Atlanta...
January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024. "IAAF Golden League in Brüssel: MariaMutola kann eine Million Dollar gewinnen". GENERALI BERLINER HALBMARATHON (in...
activist and wife to Eduardo Mondlane Francisco Songane, Minister of Health MariaMutola, world and Olympic track and field athlete winner Alfons Amade footballer...
record has never been broken at the competition by either men or women. MariaMutola is the most successful athlete of the event: from a period spanning 1993...
and strength training, Jennings coached many athletes, most notably MariaMutola (Mozambique), who won Gold in the 800m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and...
of 1 minute, 57.88 seconds. She managed to beat veteran runner Maria de Lurdes Mutola of Mozambique. Later that same year she won African Championships...
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