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Rosa Mota

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Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁɔzɐ ˈmɔtɐ]; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only woman to be the reigning European, World, and Olympic champion at the same time. On the 30th Anniversary Gala of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) she was distinguished as the greatest female marathon runner of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosa Mota is the 401st most popular athlete (down from 206th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rosa Mota ranks 401 out of 6,025. Before her are Jimmy Ball, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Terry Fox, John Ainsworth-Davis, and Constance Titus. After her are Daniel Kinsey, Carl Diem, László Berti, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, Olga Fikotová, and Karen Harup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Rosa Mota ranks 170. Before her are Yan Lianke, Viacheslav Fetisov, Giovanni Galli, Vlado Goreski, Terry Fox, and Tita. After her are Limahl, David C. Jewitt, Francisco Buyo, Abdul Kabir, Algirdas Butkevičius, and Rachel Ticotin.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 287 out of 633. Before her are Antero de Quental (1842), Pedro da Fonseca (1528), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Diogo Jota (1996), Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510). After her are Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Hilário (1975), Maniche (1977), José Peseiro (1960), Alberto Festa (1939), and António Manoel de Vilhena (1663).

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Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 2. Before her are Francisco Lázaro (1891). After her are Walther Katzenstein (1878), Afonso Costa (1871), Mário de Noronha (1885), Jonathan Jones (null), António Leitão (1960), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), Manuela Machado (1963), Carla Sacramento (1971), João Vieira (1976), and Rui Silva (1977).

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