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María Peralta
	Peralta at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	María de los Angeles Peralta
Born	30 November 1977 (age 47); Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Coached by	Leonardo Malgor; Daniel Diaz (national); Leonardo Malgor (personal)
	Updated on 8 May 2014

María de los Ángeles Peralta (born 30 November 1977) is an Argentine middle and long distance runner.^[1]^[3]^[4] She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 82nd with a time of 2:40:50.^[5] She did not finish her 2016 Olympic marathon.^[6]

Personal life

Peralta is married to Andres and has two daughters Maia and Ainhoa. She took up running in 1986 and mostly trained in middle distances. She ran her first marathon in 2011.^[2]

Personal bests

800 m: 2:16.77 – Santa Fe, 29 April 2006
1500 m: 4:23.20– Santa Fe, 16 April 2005
3000 m: 9:20.53 – Buenos Aires, 8 February 2014
5000 m: 16:13.43 – Buenos Aires, 25 January 2014
10,000 m: 33:57.44 – Buenos Aires, 26 January 2014
Half marathon: 1:15:21 – Cardiff, 26 March 2016
Marathon: 2:37:57 – Rotterdam, 15 April 2012
3000 m steeplechase: 10:33.71– Rosario, 1 June 2003

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Argentina
1992	South American Youth Championships	Santiago, Chile	6th	1500 m	4:51.83
1994	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	4th	1500 m	4:43.4
1995	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	6th	1500 m	4:46.5
	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	6th	3000 m	10:40.16
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	8th	3000 m	10:46.25
1996	South American Cross Country Championships – Junior	Asunción, Paraguay	5th	4 km	15:01
	South American Junior Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3rd	1500 m	4:40.3
	South American Junior Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3rd	3000 m	10:18.2
1997	South American Cross Country Championships	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	12th	6 km	22:58
1998	South American Cross Country Championships	Artur Nogueira, Brazil	15th	4 km	15:40
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	800 m	2:15.50
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	1500 m	4:28.89
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	–	3000 m s'chase	DNF
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	3000 m s'chase	11:40.3
2003	South American Cross Country Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	6th	4 km	15:08
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	3000 m s'chase	11:16.83
2004	South American Cross Country Championships	Macaé, Brazil	6th	4 km	13:49
2004	South American Cross Country Championships	Macaé, Brazil	—	8 km	DNF
2005	South American Cross Country Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	6th	4 km	14:36
	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Galmier, France	93rd	4.196 km	15:23
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	1500 m	4:30.37
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	3000 m s'chase	10:58.69
2006	South American Cross Country Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	7th	4 km	13:53
2006	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	80th	4 km	14:46
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Perú	8th	5000 m	17:21.06
2011	South American Half Marathon Championships	Buenos Aires	8th	Half marathon	1:17:08
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	81st	Marathon	2:40:50
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	—	Marathon	DNF
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	5000 m	16:15.01
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	5th	10,000 m	34:15.26

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Maria Peralta". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b María Peralta. nbcolympics.com
^ Biografía – General – PERALTA María De Los Ángeles – Argentina (in Spanish), santiago2014.cl, archived from the original on 23 March 2014, retrieved 8 May 2014
^ María de los Angeles Peralta (in Spanish), Olé, 19 December 2012, archived from the original on 7 August 2016, retrieved 7 May 2014
^ "Women's Marathon: Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "María Peralta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.