Born: 1965
Coach: Oliva Román

Personal Best

400: 58"1
400 mh: 1'07"6. (Junior Galician record by 1982)
800: 2'07"6
1500: 4'12"47, in Vigo, 7.5.1990 (by then, Senior Galician record, and now, 14th Spanish best)
2000: 5'53"4 (Senior Spanish record by then)
3000: 8'55"58, in Oslo, 6.9.1992 (Senior Spanish record by then, and 4th Spanish best now)
5000: 15'43"86, in Seville, 5.30.1990 (Senior Spanish record by then, and 12th Spanish best now)
10000: 32'56"93, in Braga, 4.9.1994 (Senior Galician record by then, 12th Spanish best now)
Half Marathon: 1h.15'18"

Career Highlights

1978

1st in the 1st edition of Santiago de Compostela popular race (for children).

1979

1st in the 2nd edition of Santiago de Compostela popular race (Senior), winning reputed local athletes like Rosa Mota, Esther Pedrosa or Fátima Paz.

1980

Junior Galician cross country champion.

Spanish cross country champion (in both contest by teams and regional federations), being 3rd and 5th, respectively, in the individual ranks.

2nd in 1500 m of the Junior Spanish Championships.

1st (out of contest, invited by the Spanish Federation of Athletics) in 1500m of the Junior Spanish Championships in Barcelona (4'35"5: Junior Spanish record, and absolute Galician record in the distance).

Member of the national team in the International Meeting France-Italy-Spain.

1981

1st in the Junior Spanish Cross Country Championships (individually, as well as by teams and regional federations).

Junior Spanish indoor champion (1000 m) with 2'53"6 (Spanish record).

Junior Spanish 1500m champion.

Junior Spanish, and absolute Galician, 1500 and 3000 m record-holder (4'35"3 and 4'29"8, respectively for the former, and 9'41"5 for the latter).

1982

New absolute Galician 1500m record: 4'28"9.

Junior Spanish and Ibero-American 3000 m record (9'31"90).

Bronze medal in the Galician Indoor 1500m Championships… with record!!

Junior Spanish 1500m champion.

1983

Silver medal in the Spanish Indoor 1500m Championships (4'32"4, Galician record and 2nd Junior Spanish season best).

Silver in the Spanish Cross Country Championships (the regional team gets gold).

Her 16'58"3 in 5 km mean a new Junior Spanish record.

Silver medal in the Junior Spanish 1500m Championships.

New Galician record: 4'28"09.

Second in 3 km (just after Fernanda Ribeiro) in the Junior Westathletic (Lisbon).

1984

New Galician records: 800 (2'10"9), 1500 (4'27"19) and 3000 (9'26"9).

Member of the national team for the World Cross Country Championships.

7th in the Spanish 1500m Championships.

1985

New Galician records: 800 (2'07"9), 1500 (4'25"9) and 3 km (9'19"3).

Silver in 1500 and 4th in 800 (Spanish Championships).

1986

Galician Cross Country champion.

3rd in the Spanish Cross Country Championships by teams.

6th in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

80th in the World Cross Country Championships in Switzerland.

1987

February, 28: Gave birth her first son; back to train in April.

1988

Galician Cross Country champion for the fifth time.

2nd in the Spanish Cross Country Championships by teams.

3rd in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

62th in the World Cross Country Championships in Auckland (New Zealand), being 2nd in the Spanish team (just after Ana Isabel Alonso).

9'18"82: new Galician 3km record.

Iberoamerican 3km champion in Mexico.

Silver in 1500m (Spanish Championships), with 4'21"27 (meaning Galician record).

New Galician 1500m record: 4'20"11 (winning Lourdes Miquel, who 12 days ago had beaten Estela down in the national championships).

1989

Winner of Punta Parayas International Cross Country Race (in Santander).

Silver (1st Spaniard) in Lasarte International Cross Country Race.

Galician Cross Country champion for the sixth time.

Silver in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

41th (2nd Spaniard) in the World Cross Country Championships in Stavanger (Norway).

Spanish 5km champion in 15'59"83: Galician record and 4th Spanish best.

Galician 1500m record: 4'19"46.

Galician 3000 and 1500m champion (with Galician record of 4'15"8 in the latter).

Consecutive Galician 3000 m records: 9'13"43 and 9'02"36 (the latter is the 3rd Spanish best).

1st in the 1500 race of the regional federations trophy.

6th in the 3000 race of the European Cup.

Spanish 3000 m champion (CR of 9'11"24).

6th in the 3000 race of the World Cup in Barcelona.

First in 3 km and 5 km, and third in 1500 m of the Spanish ranking list.

1990

Winner of Punta Parayas International Cross Country Race.

5th (2nd Spaniard) in Lasarte International Cross Country Race.

Galician Cross Country champion (for the seventh time).

3rd in the Spanish Cross Country Championships by teams.

Silver in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

16th (1st Spaniard) in the World Cross Country Championships in Aix Les Bains, being the 3rd Spanish best.

Spanish 5km champion, with national record (15'43"86).

3rd in 3000 m in the Westathletic in Austria (9'09"92).

Spanish record of 2000 m: 5'53"4.

Galician 1500m recordwoman, and Spanish season best: 4'12"47.

Galician 1500m champion.

Galician 1500m recordwoman, and 2nd Spanish best: 8'58"21.

Galician record in 800 m: 2'07"6.

Spanish 3km champion (CR of 9'04"83).

Member of the national team for the 3000 m in the European Cross Country Championships in Split (former Yugoslavia).

Silver medal in 1500 m of the Iberoamerican Championships in Manaos (Brazil).

Winner of the Rio Meeting (Brazil), beating Maite Zúñiga.

1991

Galician Cross Country champion (for the eighth time).

1st in the Spanish Cross Country Championships by teams.

Spanish Cross Country champion.

32th in the World Cross Country Championships in Antwerp (Belgium).

Spanish 5km champion.

European Cup in Barcelona: 5th in 3000 m and 8th in 1500 m.

Galician 1500m champion.

Winner of the 1500 m in the regional federations trophy.

Silver in 3000 m (Spanish Championships).

Member of the national team (1500 m) in the IAAF World Championships (Tokyo).

1992

Silver medal in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

13th in the World Cross Country Championships in Boston, being 1st Spaniard (3rd Spanish best).

Spanish 5km champion.

Winner of the 3000 m in an international meeting Norway-Sweden-Spain in Oslo beating Ingrid Kristiansen (Spanish record: 8'55"58).

Silver medal in 3000 m (Spanish Championships).

2nd in the 1500 m of the Ibero-American Championships in Seville.

Member of the national team for the Olympic Games (Barcelona): 19th in 3000 m (8'55"72).

1993

Silver medal in the Galician Cross Country Championships.

Silver medal in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

Spanish Cross Country champion (by teams).

28th in the World Cross Country Championships.

Iberian Championships: Galician record in 10 km (33'13"62).

Member of the national team in the European Cup in Brussels (3000 m).

Member of the national team in the Mediterranean Games in France (3000 m).

Spanish 3000 m champion.

Member of the national team in the IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart (3000 m).

1994

Galician Cross Country champion (for the ninth time).

Spanish Cross Country champion (by teams).

20th in the World Cross Country Championships in Budapest.

Iberian Championships: Galician record in 10 km (32'56"93).

European Cup in Birmingham: 5th in 3000 m.

Spanish 3000m champion.

Galician 1500 m champion.

Galician 800 m champion.

Member of the national team (3000 m) in the European Championships in Helsinki.

1995

Silver medal in the European Cross Country Championships (by teams).

Silver medal in the Galician Cross Country Championships.

Spanish Cross Country champion (by teams).

3rd in the Spanish Cross Country Championships.

38th in the World Cross Country Championships in Durham (England).

Progression

Year / Age	400 m.	800 m.	1500 m.	3000 m.	5000 m.
1980 / 15	1'03"2	2'17"3	4'35"43
1981 / 16	1'00"4	2'13"4	4'29"8	9'41"5
1982 / 17	59"1	2'12"05	4'28"9	9'31"90
1983 / 18	59"4	2'14"26	4'28"09	9'38"72
1984 / 19	58"8	2'10"9	4'26"36	9'26"9
1985 / 20	59"7	2'07"9	4'22"03	9'19"3
1986 / 21	58"1	2'09"9	4'29"77
1987 / 22		2'14"9	4'34"81
1988 / 23		2'09"7	4'20"11	9'18"82
1989 / 24		2'09"6	4'15"8	9'02"36	15'59"83
1990 / 25		2'07"6	4'12"47	8'58"21	15'43"86
1991 / 26			4'13"29	8'58"91	15'44"33
1992 / 27			4'17"95	8'55"58	15'58"41
1993 / 28		2'08"4	4'25"6	8'56"81
1994 / 29		2'10"53	4'18"25	9'00"54

Other Distances

Year / Age	100 m.	200 m.	400 m.h.	600 m.	1000 m. (indoor)	1200 m.
1978 / 13				2'01"6		4'12"5
1979 / 14				1'49"9		4'02"0
1980 / 15	14"3	29"8
1981 / 16		29"0			2'53"6
1982 / 17		27"0	1'07"13

Year / Age	2000 m.	10000 m.	Half Marathon
1990 / 25	5'53"4
…
1993 / 28		33'13"62
1994 / 29		32'56"93	1h15'18"