Cercedilla

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Cercedilla (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Background

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Statue in Cercedilla of
Francisco Fernández Ochoa

It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (and only) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.[1]

Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.

Public transport

Bus

Urban lines

  • Line 1: Fuenfría hospital - High School

Interurban lines

Train

Cercedilla has a train station which gives service to two Cercanías lines, line C-8 and C-9. Line C-8 connects Cercedilla with Madrid, Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara, while the C-9 line has a more tourist use than commuter use, since it only has two stops, one in Navacerrada and the other in Cotos, located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. In addition, a regional train line leaves from here (although the service is provided with commuter trains) and connects the village of Cercedilla with Segovia.

See also

References

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