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{{Short description|American long-distance runner}}
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'''Olga Appell Avalos''' (born August 2, 1963, in [[Durango, Durango|Durango]]) is an American<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/All-Time-Lists/MarathonWomen.aspx|title=USA Track & Field - MarathonWomen|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref> [[long-distance runner]] from [[Mexico]], best known for winning the gold medal in the women's [[marathon]] at the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in [[Havana, Cuba]]. She ran at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] the following year, but failed to finish the race. She competed for Mexico until February 25, 1994, at which point she [[List of eligibility transfers in athletics|switched allegiance]] to the United States. She represented her adopted country at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the women's 10,000 metres event.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/av/olga-avalos-appell-1.html Olga Avalos-Appell]. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2010-12-06.</ref>

She won the [[USA Cross Country Championships]] in 1994. Among her wins on the [[road running]] circuit were the 1993 [[Sapporo Half Marathon]], 1994 [[Lilac Bloomsday Run]] and 1995 [[Vancouver Sun Run]]. She won the [[Hokkaido Marathon]] on two occasions, 1992 and 1995 (the second time as a naturalized U.S. citizen) and was the 1996 winner of the [[Twin Cities Marathon]]. Olga Appell is the 12th best marathoner in USA History.<ref name="auto"/>

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