Country Spain Comarca Sierra Oeste Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 1,214 m Local time Wednesday 8:27 AM Province Community of Madrid | Autonomous community Community of Madrid Demonym(s) Parraos Website Official website Area 35.8 km² Population 6,831 (2014) | |
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Cercedilla is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Map of Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain
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.
Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.
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Cercedilla Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA