Julia Vaquero Sousa (born 18 September 1970 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her country at the

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, as well as four World Championships. Although born in France, at the age of two months she returned to her native

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in Galicia. She is considered one of the best Galician athletes of all time.

Competition record

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 2:09.74 (1989) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 4:17.37 (Segovia 1992) *

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World At ...

– 5:47.81 (Nice 1996) NR *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 8:41.23 (Nice 1996) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 14:44.95 (Oslo 1996) NR *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

– 31:14.51 (Barakaldo 1997) *

15 kilometres The 15K run (15 kilometers, or approximately 9.32 miles) is a long-distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event. The overall world best time for men was set by Jacob Kiplimo in 2025, en route to his worl ...

– 49:33+ (Uster 1998) NR * 20 kilometres – 1:06:43+ (Uster 1998) NR *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

– 1:10:33 (Uster 1998)

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* * * 1970 births Living people Spanish female long-distance runners Spanish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Chamonix Athletes from Haute-Savoie Sportspeople from Galicia (Spain) Spanish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub