Manuel Pancorbo Chica (born 7 July 1966 in Torredelcampo, Jaén) is a retired

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athlete. He competed in the middle distances. Pancorbo represented his native country

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at two consecutive Summer Olympics in

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and 1996. He won the silver medal in the men's 3,000 metres at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. Pancorbo is the first Spaniard to win the Cross Internacional de Soria and the only male Spanish athlete to do so.

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Spanish male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain 1966 births Living people European Athletics Championships medalists Spanish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub