Marta Domínguez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Marta Domínguez

Spanish distance runner

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1975

Place of Birth: Palencia, Castile and León, Spain

Profession: politician, athletics competitor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Marta Domínguez

  • Marta Domínguez Azpeleta (born 3 November 1975) is a Spanish runner and politician.
  • She competes mainly in the steeplechase.
  • She has represented Spain four times at the Olympics and has competed at the World Championships on six occasions. As a 5000m runner, Domínguez won a bronze at the 1998 European Athletics Championships and reached the global podium at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, winning the silver medal.
  • She scored a gold medal double in 2002 by taking a 3000 metres win at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, before going on to become European champion at the 2002 European Championships.
  • She achieved silver medals in the same events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2003 World Championships in Athletics the following year.
  • She retained her European crown at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Domínguez has been accused of both dealing and using performance-enhancing drugs on multiple occasions.
  • In December 2010, she was arrested for her connection in a doping ring as part of Operación Galgo; she was acquitted in 2011.
  • In May 2013, it was reported that Domínguez had failed a bio-passport test in 2009.
  • In 2015, she was banned from competing for three years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for irregularities in her biological passport and stripped of her status as a Spanish national athlete.
  • This annulled all of Domínguez's competitive results from August 2009 to July 2013, including her 2009 world championship in steeplechase.
  • Her personal best in the steeplechase is now listed by the IAAF as 9:09.39 from the last race she ran six days before the official doping ban period went into place.

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