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About Maria Martins
- Maria Martins (born 1 April 1974) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.
- She was born in Santa Katarina, Cape Verde. Arriving in Roubaix in 1988 to rejoin her father, Maria is 1.62m tall and weighs 50 kg.
- A teacher of hers detected her aptitude for Track and Field and directed her towards athletics.
- She first ran for club Lille UC up to 1993, then at the Athletic Club de Villeneuve-d'Ascq (ACVA) before stopping training at the end of 1995 to have a baby.
- She restarted training in 1999 encouraged by her coach at Club Villeneuve and then she ran for club US Tourcoing (which became club Lille Métropole Athlétisme in 2006).
- She has been selected 24 times for French elite Track teams.. In August 2007, she was selected to participate in the 2007 World Championship Athletic team.
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