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Maria Mutola
Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a retired Mozambican female track and field athlete who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. She is a three-time world champion in this event and a one-time Olympic champion.
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sports · Mozambican middle-distance runner · middle-distance runner · association football player · athlete · also Maria Mutola, Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mutola
Born 27 October 1972 · Q228807
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2021· 1 entry
BBC: Maria Mutola - Mozambique's athletics queen
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2016· 1 entry
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned Andrianova's two-year doping suspension because her sample had been re-tested beyond the eight-year statute of limitations
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2013· 1 entry
Indiatimes: Rahul Bose, Maria Mutola cook pasta at ITC Windsor in Kochi
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2011· 1 entry
The Hindu: Caster Semenya to be coached by Maria Mutola
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2008· 2 entries
Oregonian: Maria Mutola breezes in 800 qualifying; Nicole Teter drops out with an injury
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The 800 metres African record held by Mutola, was beaten by the young Pamela Jelimo of Kenya
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class (2006).
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When she won the World Indoor Championships title for a record seventh time
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2005· 1 entry
Her injuries were still lingering and she suffered several losses to opponents she would normally easily beat
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2004· 1 entry
Her fifth Olympics, Mutola ended up finishing fourth
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2000· 1 entry
When Mutola finally won Olympic gold
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1997· 1 entry
Only weeks after her father had been killed in a car accident
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1995· 1 entry
And has also won the IAAF World Cup event, representing the Africa team, four times consecutively
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1972· 2 entries
Born 1972-10-27.
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In the poor shanty town of Chamanculo on the outskirts of Maputo, then known as Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portuguese Mozambique
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