The Cross Internacional Zornotza is an annual

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event which takes place in January in

Amorebieta-Etxano Amorebieta-Etxano, also known as Zornotza (Spanish, ''Amorebieta-Echano''), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. At the time of the 2019 census, the population of the muni ...

(Zornotza), the Basque Country,

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. The competition was first held in 1954 and has taken place every year since, with the sole exception of 1961. Organised by the Club Deportiva Zornotza, the event began as a mainly national-level competition and it started to attract elite international competitors from the mid-1980s onwards. Zornotza has previously been an

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and

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status meeting, as well as being in the now-defunct IAAF World Cross Challenge circuit, but is not currently part of an international cross country series. The race suffered from economic problems leading up to the period around 2010, but organisers continued its focus of attracting some of the sport's top competitors.Ebuya, gran atractivo del 57 Cross Internacional de Zornotza

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(2011-01-05). Retrieved on 2011-01-21. The competition's course, the Jauregibarria,Tras las nevadas, el Cross de Amorebieta se disputará sobre el barro

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. Retrieved on 2011-01-21. played host to the

1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Amorebieta, Spain, at the Jaureguibarría Course on March 28, 1993. A report on the event was given in ''The New York Times'' and in the Herald A herald, or a herald of ...

.Valiente, Emeterio (2008-01-04)
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. Retrieved on 2011-01-21. The competition features two elite level races: a 10.7 km race for men and a 6.7 km contest for women. In addition to these, several shorter races are held for local runners and youths. Past winners of the elite race include two-time Olympic champion

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, a Spanish World Cross medallist, has won the competition more than any other athlete (seven) and won five times consecutively in the mid-1970s.LVII Cross Internacional Zornotza
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. Retrieved on 2011-01-21.

Past senior race winners

National era

International era

Winners by country

References

;List of winners *Gasparovic, Juraj (2011-01-10)
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. Retrieved on 2011-01-21.

External links

2011 race report
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