Julia Merino

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

Julia Merino

Personal information
Born	(1971-03-03) 3 March 1971 Valladolid, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres

María Julia Merino García (born 3 March 1971 in Valladolid) is a retired Spanish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1991 World Championships. In addition she won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Her personal bests in the event are 51.82 seconds outdoors (Tokyo 1991) and 52.22 seconds indoors (Genoa 1992).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	9th (sf)	400 m	54.84
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7th	400 m	55.94
			5th	4×400 m relay	3:41.26
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	17th (sf)	400 m	55.12
			7th	4×400 m relay	3:38.94
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	10th (h)	800 m	2:07.23
	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	3rd	400 m	53.57
			8th	4×400 m relay	3:42.47
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	6th	400 m	53.63
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.50
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	5th	400 m	53.48
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	20th (h)	400 m	53.74
			9th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:31.76
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	10th (sf)	400 m	53.51
			4th	4×400 m relay	3:31.86
	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	1st	400 m	51.88
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	15th (sf)	400 m	53.41
			8th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:29.12
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	4th	400 m	52.22
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	22nd (qf)	400 m	52.43
			10th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:31.35