Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈʁɔzɐ ˈmɔtɐ]; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only woman to be the reigning European, World, and Olympic champion at the same time. On the 30th Anniversary Gala of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) she was distinguished as the greatest female marathon runner of all time.[1]
Portuguese marathon runner
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Correia dos Santosand the second or paternal family name is Mota.
Rosa Mota
Rosa Mota in 2012
Personal information
Fullname
Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota
Born
(1958-06-29) 29 June 1958 (age64) Porto, Portugal
Height
5ft 2in (1.57m)
Weight
99 lb (45kg)
Sport
Sport
Track and field athletics
Event(s)
Marathon
Retired
1992
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
1988 – Gold
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Portugal
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
Marathon
1984 Los Angeles
Marathon
World Championships
1987 Rome
Marathon
European Championships
1982 Athens
Marathon
1986 Stuttgart
Marathon
1990 Split
Marathon
Biography
Born in Porto's downtown neighbourhood of Foz Velha, Rosa started participating in cross-country races while in high-school.
In 1980 she met José Pedrosa, the man who would eventually be her personal trainer for her entire career. Rosa Mota's first marathon was at the European Championships of 1982, hosted by Athens, Greece - the first Women's Marathon ever. Mota was not one of the favourites for gold, but she easily beat Ingrid Kristiansen to win her first marathon.
This success was typical of Rosa Mota's career, as she usually finished well in the prestigious marathons. She was awarded the bronze medal in the first Women's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles Olympic Games. Her personal best time was 2:23:29 in the 1985 Chicago Marathon.[2] Mota won the Chicago Marathon twice.
European Champion in 1986, and World Champion in Rome 1987, she kept on winning with the Olympic gold medal in Seoul 1988, where with 2km left in the race, she attacked, winning by 13 seconds from silver medalist Lisa Martin.
In 1990, she returned to Boston to win for a third time beating Uta Pippig. After that she attempted to defend her European Marathon Championship in Split. She ran from the front and had a lead of over 1.5 minutes at the half way mark, but she was caught at the 35km mark by Valentina Yegorova. They battled to the finish and Mota won by a slim margin of 5 seconds. As of 2006, winning a third European Championships marathon was unprecedented for both men and women. She won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1991 [3]
Despite all her success Rosa Mota was suffering from sciatica and asthma as a child, yet, in 1991, she continued winning, this time the London Marathon. Later that year, Mota had to abandon the Tokyo World championships and she finally considered retirement after failing to finish the 1992 London marathon.
Mota ran 21 marathon races between 1982 and 1992. She averaged two marathons a year for a decade and won 14 of those races.
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Portugal
1982
European Championships
Athens, Greece
1st
Marathon
2:36:04
1983
Rotterdam Marathon
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
1st
Marathon
2:32:27
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
4th
Marathon
2:31:50
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, United States
1st
Marathon
2:31:12
1984
Olympic Games
Los Angeles, United States
3rd
Marathon
2:26:57
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, United States
1st
Marathon
2:26:01
1985
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, United States
3rd
Marathon
2:23:29
1986
Tokyo International Women's Marathon
Tokyo, Japan
1st
Marathon
2:27:15
European Championships
Stuttgart, West Germany
1st
Marathon
2:28:38
1987
Boston Marathon
Boston, United States
1st
Marathon
2:25:21
World Championships
Rome, Italy
1st
Marathon
2:25:17
1988
Boston Marathon
Boston, United States
1st
Marathon
2:24:30
Olympic Games
Seoul, South Korea
1st
Marathon
2:25:40
1989
Osaka Marathon
Osaka, Japan
--
Marathon
DNF
Los Angeles Marathon
Los Angeles, United States
2nd
Marathon
2:35:27
1990
Osaka Marathon
Osaka, Japan
1st
Marathon
2:27:47
Boston Marathon
Boston, United States
1st
Marathon
2:25:24
European Championships
Split, Yugoslavia
1st
Marathon
2:31:27
1991
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom
1st
Marathon
2:26:14
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
--
Marathon
DNF
Lisbon Half Marathon
Lisbon, Portugal
1st
Half Marathon
1:09:52
1992
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom
--
Marathon
DNF
After retirement
Mota carrying the IAAF flag at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka
Considered an Ambassador of Sport, in 1998 she won the Abebe Bikila Award for contributions to the development of long-distance race training. The trophy was awarded at the end of the International Race for Friendship, sponsored by the United Nations, taking place in the morning before the New York City Marathon.
Rosa Mota was one of the most popular personalities of Portuguese sport in the late 20th century, alongside Eusébio, Carlos Lopes and Luís Figo.
Rosa Mota carried the Olympic Flame along the roads of Athens before the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; etal. "Rosa Mota". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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