# Maria Rebelo
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{{short description|French long-distance runner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Maria Rebelo
| event = [Marathon](/source/Marathon)
| years_active = 1990s
| nationality = [French](/source/France)
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|29 January 1956}}
| birth_place = [Ilhavo](/source/Ilhavo)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1990 Split](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships)|[Marathon](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)}}
}}
'''Maria Rebelo''' (divorced '''Rebelo-Lelut'''; born 29 January 1956 in [Ílhavo](/source/%C3%8Dlhavo), [Baixo Vouga](/source/Baixo_Vouga), [Portugal](/source/Portugal))[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/maria-rebelo-lelut-1.html sports-reference]] is a retired female [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner) from [France](/source/France). She set her personal best of 2:29:04 hours in the [marathon](/source/marathon) in 1991.
Rebelo rose to prominence in the 1986 season by winning the [Paris Marathon](/source/Paris_Marathon) in the time of 2:32:16. Winner of her first national marathon title in 1990, Maria Rebelo took third at the [1990 European Championships](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships) at [Split](/source/Split%2C_Croatia), finishing behind the Portuguese [Rosa Mota](/source/Rosa_Mota) and the Soviet [Valentina Yegorova](/source/Valentina_Yegorova). She ran the best performance of her career on 21 April 1991 by completing the [London Marathon](/source/London_Marathon) in 2:29:04, then she placed fifth at the [1991 World Championships at Tokyo](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in 2:32:05.[{{Citation | author=Butler, Mark | title=IAAF Statistics Handbook: Helsinki 2005 | pages=169–170 | year=2005 | editor=IAAF}}] Selected to run at the [1992 Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics), Rebelo did not finish. She won two more [French national marathon championships](/source/%3Afr%3AListe_des_champions_de_France_de_marathon) in 1993 and 1994.[[http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=41631&structure=0 FFA profile]][{{Citation | title=Docathlé 2003 | pages=78–79, 88, 119, 149, 178, 428 | year=2003 | publisher=Fédération française d'athlétisme | editor=Fédération Française d'Athlétisme | isbn= 2-9512343-3-3 }}][{{Citation |author1=Siukonen, Markku |author2=Ahola, Matti |name-list-style=amp | title = Suuri EM-kirja | pages=160, 207 | year=1990 |publisher=Sporttikustannus | editor=Sporttikustannus Oy | isbn =951-8920-11-7}}]
==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}}
|-
|1986
|[European Championships](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
|9th
|Marathon
|[2:40:20](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1987
|[World Championships](/source/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Rome, Italy](/source/Rome%2C_Italy)
| —
|Marathon
|[DNF](/source/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1988
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics)
|[Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_South_Korea)
|18th
|Marathon
|[2:33:47](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1990
|[European Championships](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Split](/source/Split_(city)), [SFR Yugoslavia](/source/SFR_Yugoslavia)
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Marathon
|[2:35.51](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1991
|[World Championships](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan)
|5th
|Marathon
|[2:32:05](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1992
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics)
|[Barcelona, Spain](/source/Barcelona%2C_Spain)
| —
|Marathon
|[DNF](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|-
|1993
|[World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Stuttgart, Germany](/source/Stuttgart%2C_Germany)
|12th
|Marathon
|[2:38:33](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon)
|}
==Road race wins==
*[Paris Marathon](/source/Paris_Marathon): 1986 (2:32:16)
*[Paris Half Marathon](/source/Paris_Half_Marathon): 1993 (1:13:02)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer Paris Marathon Champions Women}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebelo, Maria}}
Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Ílhavo
Category:French women long-distance runners
Category:French women marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for France
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France
Category:Portuguese emigrants to France
Category:Paris Marathon women winners
Category:French Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century French sportswomen
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