Madaí Pérez

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Madaí Pérez Carrillo (born 2 February 1980 in Tlaxcala) is a Mexican long-distance runner.

[edit] Career

Her first full marathon race was the 2003 Chicago Marathon, where she finished twelfth in 2:31:34 hours. She finished fifth over 10,000 metres at the 2003 Pan American Games. In 2005 she finished eleventh in the marathon at the World Championships in a personal best time of 2:26:50 hours, and sixth at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In 2006 she finished fourth at the Chicago Marathon in a new Mexican record time of 2:22:59 hours. In the Boston Marathon 2007 she came in third (2:30:16). At the World Championships of Athletics in Osaka 2007, Japan she finished in 15th position, thus being the best female Latin American participant (2:35:17).The old record belonged to Adriana Fernández. At the 2008 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitation at Stanford she finished sixth in the 10.000 mts. with a personal best of 31:30:23. In Ixtapa, Mexico on May 11, 2008, she qualified for the Olympic Marathon in a 30 km trial, finishing in first position (1:45:05), followed by Dulce Maria Rodriguez and Patricia Retiz who also will form part of the team for Beijing.

Since 2002 Pérez is coached by Germán Silva, champion 1994-1995 NY City Marathon. She is married to fellow marathon runner Odilón Cuahutle and they have a son Kenjiro.

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Madaí Pérez
• Clavelo, Javier. "Madaí Perez’s 2:22:59 reward", IAAF, 28 November 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-27. 

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