Mónica Pont
Spanish long-distance runner (born 1969)
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Mónica Pont Chafer (born 3 June 1969 in Bufali, Valencia) is a Spanish former long-distance runner. She won the Rotterdam Marathon on 13 April 1995, clocking 2:30:34.[1] She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, where she finished in 14th place.[2]
Pont set her personal best (2:27:53) in the classic distance in the 1996 Osaka International Ladies Marathon.[3] Her time from that event was then the second-best Spanish women's marathon time recorded, and it remains the Valencian record.[4] Pont also set the Valencian record for the half-marathon in an event in Barcelona 1996, at 1:12:27,[3] and held it for 22 years until Marta Esteban broke it in 2017.[4]
Pont Chafer is now an agent for elite athletes, especially from Ethiopia and Kenya.[5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Spain | |||||
| 1995 | Rotterdam Marathon[1] | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:30:34 |
| World Championships[6] | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | Marathon | 2:31:53 | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games[2] | Atlanta, United States | 14th | Marathon | 2:33:27 |
