Place of Birth: Fabero del Bierzo (Leon)
Date of Birth: January 5th, 1966
Email: rgavela@mpib.es

ATHETIC RESUME

• Olympic athlete in 1992
• Spanish marathon champion in 1996
  
• Spanish marathon champion in 1992
  
• Champion of Spain in the 1990 ‘Gran Fondo’ race
  
• Iberian-American Marathon Champion in 1992
  
• Spanish marathon record in 1993, with a time of 2 hr, 10 min, and 27 sec
  
• 5th in the Marathon World Cup in 1993
  
• 18th in the Olympic marathon in 1992
  
• Silver medalist in the Spanish Marathon Championship in 2001
  
• Bronze medalist in the Spanish Marathon Championship in 2000
  
• Bronce Medalist in the Spanish Marathon Championship in 1999
  
• Member of the European Marathon Championship Team in Helsinki, 1994
  
• Bronze medalist in the Marathon World Cup in Athens, 1995
  
• Runner-up for the Spanish Cross Country Championship with Team Joma, in 1993
  
• Bronze medalist in the Cross Country Championship with Team Rodper 44 in 1989
  
• Fifth place in the Spanish Cross Country Championship with Team Ferrari in 1991
  
• Fifth place in the Spanish Cross Country Championship with Team UCM in 1990
  
• Champion in the Spanish Collegiate Cross Country Championship in 1989
  
• Runner-up in the Spanish Collegiate Cross Country Championship in 1988
  
• Runner-up in the European University Championship in 1988.
  
• Runner-up in the European University Relay Race Championship for the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, in 1989.
  
• Fifth place in the Spanish University Cross Country Championship.
  
• Runner-up in the National Adidas 20km Circuit in 1990.
  
• Numerous medals in the Autonomous Cross Country Championships and 5,000 in Track, in Castilla and León, Madrid, and Castilla La Mancha.
  
• Numerous medals in the Provincial Championships for Cross Country and Track in León.
  Reached the podium in seven international marathons: Venice (Italy), Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Mazatlan (Mexico), and Ciudad Real (two times).
  
• Reached the podium in 23 International Races, of 10 km, 15 km, 20 km, and half-marathons.

Eight separate periods with the Spanish International Selection:

• Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992
• European Champion in Helsinki (Finland) in 1994
• University of Sheffield (Great Britain) in 1991
• Marathon World Cup in London (Great Britain) in 1991
• Marathon World Cup in Athens (Greece) in 1995
• Half-Marathon World Championship in New Castle (Great Britain) in 1992
• Half-Marathon World Championship in Brussels (Belgium) in 1993
• Ekiden (Marathon Relay Race) in Chiba (Japan) in 1990
• Guide for the blind in the Paralympics Games in Barcelona in 1992
  
• Guide for the blind in the World Championships for the Disabled in Assen (Holland)
  
• Top Athlete of the Year from León in 1993
  
• Top Athlete of the Year from El Bierzo (León) in 1991

Best Results:

• 20 km race: 60 min, 12 seconds (Valencia)
• Half-Marathon: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 51 seconds Glasgow (Great Britain)
• Marathon: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 27 seconds (Former marathon record for Spain) World Cup, San Sebastian (Spain)

Credentials:

• Doctorate of Information Technology from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid in 2006.
  Graduate of Journalism, from the School of Information Science at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid in 1992.
• Given the title of National Athletic Trainer by the Royal Athletics Federation of Spain in 1989.

Professional Experience and Credentials:

• Journalist for the group, Iberian Motorpress of Madrid, from 1999 to present.
  
• Director of Special Sport Life (Iberian Motorpress) 2005 to present.
  
• Head training expert for the magazine, Runner’s World, from 2002 to present.
  
• Head athletic training expert for the magazine, Sport Life, from 1999 to present.
  
• Technique Director for the National Women’s Running Circuit (2004-2007).
  
• Head of training for the website, www.runners.es, from its founding until present day.
  
• Technical Director of Organization for the company Oberón XXI in Madrid, from May, 2000 – July, 2002.
  
• Head Technical Expert for the Running School for Adults in Madrid from 1999 until 2005.
  
• Professional journalist since 1996 for the magazine, Corricolari; since 1999 in the magazine, Sport Life; and since 2002 for the magazine, Runner’s World.
  
• Head technical expert for Project MARATHON 2000 in Madrid, from September, 1999 to May, 2000.
  
• President of the team Runners of Fabero GRAF 93 (León) from 1997 until present day.
  
• President of the Spanish Association of Marathons and Long Distance Running (AEM), since 2005.

EXPERIENCE AS A COORDINATOR

• Technical director of the National Women´s Running Circuit (From 2004 to present)
• Technical director of the International Marathon in Vitoria (2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006)
• Technical director of the Rock and Roll Race in Madrid in 2006 and 2007.
• Technical director of the 5k race in Madrid (2006)
• Technical director of the Millenium Marathon in Madrid in 2000, 2001, and 2002.
• Coordinator and creator of the First Pedestrian Walk in the Province of León, on stage, celebrated in September, 1999.
• Coordinator of the First Mile of Fabero in 1982 and for the following three (in 1983, 1984, and 1985)
• Coordinator of the Mile of Ponferadda for 1997, 1998, and 1999.
• Coordinator of the Inauguration of the ´Pistas de Atletismo´in Bembibre in April, 1999.
• Coordinator of the Mile of Riaño (León) in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Rodrigo Gavela Rodríguez
Leon, September of 2006