Mayte Martínez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.

María Teresa "Mayte" Martínez Jiménez (born 17 May 1976^[1] in Valladolid) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships (she did not take part on 2003 Championships in Paris), being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka. She took part in 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, being eliminated in the semifinals (she was the last on both of them). She could not participate in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with an injury (fasciitis plantar).

Mayte Martínez

Mayte Martínez in 2010
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Spain
World Championships
	2007 Osaka	800 m
World Indoor Championships
	2003 Birmingham	800 m
European Championships
	2002 Munich	800 m
European Indoor Championships
	2005 Madrid	800 m
Mediterranean Games
	2005 Almería	4x400 m relay

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres 53.67 Valladolid (01/05/2003)
• 800 metres 1:57.62 Osaka (28/08/2007)
• 1000 metres 2:33.06 Huelva (13/09/2007)
• 1500 metres 4:05.05 Rieti (28/08/2005)

Indoor

• 800 metres 1:59.52 Gent (08/02/2004)
• 1000 metres 2:38.80 Madrid (24/02/2005)
• 1500 metres 4:09.18 Birmingham, GBR (03/03/2007)

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	11th (sf)	800 m	2:07.00
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	6th	800 m	2:05.00
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	800 m	2:04.02
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	15th (sf)	800 m	2:03.27
			17th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.45
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	18th (h)	800 m	2:08.91
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	800 m	2:00.09
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	4th	800 m	2:01.50
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	800 m	1:58.86
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.08
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	800 m	1:59.53
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th (sf)	800 m	2:01.06
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	2nd	800 m	2:01.39
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	16th (sf)	800 m	2:03.30
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	800 m	2:00.52
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	4th	400 m	53.73
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.45
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	800 m	1:59.99
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	7th	800 m	2:00.10
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	1500 m	4:09.18
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	800 m	1:57.62
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	800 m	2:03.15
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	800 m	1:58.81
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	7th	800 m	1:59.97

External links

• Mayte Martinez at World Athletics

Awards
Preceded by Laia Sanz	Spanish Sportswoman of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Virginia Ruano Anabel Medina