Maria Martins


Maria Martins 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 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. 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.

Prizes

Athletics

Personal Bests

Outdoor
EventTimeDateLocation
800 m2:02.8317 July 2004Sotteville
1000 m2:38.9115 July 2007Metz
1500 m4:04.554 July 2003Paris
1 mile4:28.6715 June 2003Villeneuve-d'Ascq
3000 m9:00.7118 June 2005Florence

Indoor
EventTimeDateLocation
1500 m4:11.2010 February 2006Eaubonne
3000 m8:51.766 February 2005Gent