María Portilla Cruz (born April 10, 1972, in Apurímac) is a Peruvian marathon runner. Portillo made her official debut for the

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, where she placed thirty-second out of fifty-four runners in the women's marathon, with a time of 2:36:50. Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Portillo qualified for the second time, as a 36-year-old, in the women's marathon at the

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. She finished the race in thirty-ninth place by two seconds behind Germany's Melanie Kraus, with a national record and a personal best time of 2:35:19.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Peruvian female marathon runners Living people Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1972 births {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub