Isabel Checa Biography

Spanish long-distance runner

Isabel Checa Porcel (born December 27, 1982, in Silla, Valencia) is a Spanish long-distance runner. Checa represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 10,000 metres. She finished the race in twenty-ninth place by fourteen seconds behind China's Dong Xiaoqin, with a time of 33:17.88.

Checa is the twin sister of long-distance runner Dolores Checa, who also competed for the women's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

References

    External links

    • Isabel Checa at World Athletics
    • NBC 2008 Olympics profile