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 Representing 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece9th (sf)400 m54.841987European Junior ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th400 m55.945th relay3:41.261988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada17th (sf)400 m55.127th relay3:38.941989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands10th (h)800 m2:07.23European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia3rd400 m53.578th relay3:42.47World CupBarcelona, Spain6th400 m53.638th4 × 400 m relay3:36.501990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5th400 m53.48European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia20th (h)400 m53.749th (h) relay3:31.761991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain10th (sf)400 m53.514th relay3:31.86Mediterranean GamesAthens, Greece1st400 m51.88World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan15th (sf)400 m53.418th (h) relay3:29.121992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy4th400 m52.22Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain22nd (qf)400 m52.4310th (h) relay3:31.35
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