| LC control no. | no2009150850 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mutola, Maria de Lurdes, 1972- |
| Associated country | Mozambique United States |
| Birth date | 1972-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Maputo (Mozambique) |
| Affiliation | Olympic Games (24th : 1988 : Seoul, Korea) IAAF World Cup (1992 : Havana, Cuba) Lurdes Mutola Foundation |
| Profession or occupation | Track and field athletes Philanthropists |
| Found in | Maria de Lurdes Mutola, 2008: t.p. (Maria de Lurdes Mutola) p. 234 (b. 27 October 1972 in theChamanculo district of Maputo (Mozambique)) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mutola, Maria Lurdes; track and field athlete, philanthropist; born 27 October 1972 in Maputo, Mozambique; at 15, she represented Mozambique in the 800-meter race at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea; moved to Springfield, Oregon, in 1991 with an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship to train with Margo Jennings; finished first in the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Havana; undefeated in fifty finals, including at the 1993 Indoor World Championships, the 1993 World Championships, and the 1993 Grand Prix Final; won the gold in Sydney (2000); named to Track and Field News' Top 10 list eight times, won the IAAF jackpot and voted Athlete of the Year (2003); as of 2011 Mutola held the 1000-meter indoor world record (2:30.94, Stockholm, 25 February 1999), the 1000-meter African record (2:29.34), and has held others (World 1000-meter and African 800-meter); established the Lurdes Mutola Foundation in Maputo; the United Nations appointed her as an honorary youth ambassador (2003); became an ambassador for the Lusophony Games (2009)) |
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