Cercedilla
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Cercedilla | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
_mapa.svg) Location of Cercedilla in Madrid | |
  Cercedilla Location in Spain  Cercedilla Cercedilla (Community of Madrid) | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′28″N 4°3′25″W / 40.74111°N 4.05694°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Community of Madrid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Miguel Peña Fernández (2019) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,214 m (3,983 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,772 |
| • Density | 217/km2 (562/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Parraos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28470 |
| Website | Official website |
Cercedilla (Spanish: [θeɾθeˈðiʎa] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Francisco Fernández Ochoa
It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.[2]
Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.
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