D.O.B: 06.29.58
N.O.C: Portugal
Height: 157 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Final Year of Competition: 1991
Years Top 10: 8
Personal bests
10 Miles: 53:09 (United States 1986)
One Hour: 18,027 (Portugal 1983)
10km: 31:35 (Japan 1987)
15km: 48:35 (Portugal 1986)
20km: 1:08:39 (Canada 1989)
25km: 1:25:46 (Germany 1989)
1,500m: 4:23:63 (Portugal 1983)
3,000m: 9:04.82 (Greece 1982)
5,000m: 15:22.97 (Norway 1985)
10,000m: 32.33.51 (Norway 1985)
20,000m: 1:06:55.5 (Portugal 1983)
Half Marathon: 1:09:56 (Luxembourg 1991)
Marathon: 2.23.29 (United States 1985)
Meet Portugal’s first female Olympic Champion! Such was Mota’s Marathon-winning pedigree, at one point she was European, World & Olympic Champion all at the same time!!! ✊
Mota: “Work hard and your dreams come true” – she certainly put in the work during her prime, and continues to do so even to this very day, inspiring runners with not only her tremendous feats from the past, but also her athletic ability in her mid-60s now…to emphasise the point, last year she broke the W65 Masters World Record for the Half Marathon (1:26:01)!!!🔥
