Sonia Calizaya

Sonia Calizaya
Personal information
Full name Sonia Calizaya Huanca
Nationality  Bolivia
Born (1976-02-20) 20 February 1976
La Paz, Bolivia
Height 1.51 m (4 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Half-marathon: 1:17:34 (2004)
Marathon: 2:45:05 (2007)

Sonia Calizaya Huanca (born February 20, 1976 in La Paz) is a Bolivian marathon runner.[1] She set both a national record and a personal best time of 2:45:05 at the 2007 Buenos Aires Marathon.

Calizaya represented Bolivia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's marathon. She successfully finished the race in fifty-ninth place by nearly a second behind Greece's Eleni Donta, with a time of 2:45:53.[2]

References

  1. "Sonia Calizaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

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