Cercedilla
Cercedilla | |||
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Municipality | |||
Church of St. Sebastian. | |||
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Coordinates: ES 40°44′15″N 4°32′47″W / 40.73750°N 4.54639°W | |||
Country | Spain | ||
Autonomous community | Community of Madrid | ||
Province | Madrid | ||
Comarca | Sierra Oeste | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Eugenio Romero Arribas | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 1,214 m (3,983 ft) | ||
Population (2009) | |||
• Total | 7,023 | ||
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | ||
Demonym(s) | Parraos | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Website | Official website |
Cercedilla is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950-2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (and only) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.
Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.
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