María José Poves

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

María José Poves

Poves in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1978-03-16) 16 March 1978
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km Race Walk

María José Poves Novella (born 16 March 1978 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish race walker.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	33rd	20 km	1:32:32
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	28th	20 km	1:36:12
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	18th	20 km	1:32:05
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	19th	20 km	1:35:03
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	12th	20 km	1:35:06
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	8th	20 km	1:29:31
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	17th	20 km	1:30:52
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, México	10th	20 km	1:35:38
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	8th	20 km	1:32:36
			2nd	Team - 20 km	22 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	–	20 km	DQ
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	3rd	20 km	1:29:10
	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	12th	20 km	1:29:36
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	15th	20 km	1:28:46
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	18th	20 km	1:31:16
			5th	Team - 20 km	39 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th	20 km walk	1:31:06

References

• María José Poves at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• María José Poves at World Athletics

External links

• Maria Jose Poves at Olympics.com