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Érika Olivera

Érika Olivera
Erika Olivera OS2012.jpg
Olivera in the 2012 Summer Olympics marathon
Personal information
Full name Érika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente
Born (1976-01-04) 4 January 1976 (age 41)
Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country  Chile
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Updated on 13 May 2014.

Érika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente (born 4 January 1976 in Quinta Normal) is a female marathon runner from Chile. She has competed at five Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever by a female marathon runner.

She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003. Starting in 1996, she represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, and also the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Olivera made her breakthrough at the junior level in 1994 when she won the 10,000 metres gold and 3000 metres bronze medals at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics. The following year she upgraded to a gold and a silver medal at the Pan American Junior Championships, before going on to complete a hat-trick of medals at the South American Junior Championships – she secured a 10,000 m and 3000 m double and also won the 1500 metres silver behind Bertha Sánchez.

Olivera is a two-time winner of the South American Cross Country Championships, having beaten all comers in both the long and short races in 1999. She is a five-time winner and course record holder of the Santiago Marathon. She won the 1995 edition of the Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina and placed fourth at the 74th Saint Silvester Marathon in 1998.


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