Cercedilla
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| Cercedilla | |||
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| Coordinates: 40°44′15″N 4°32′47″W / 40.7375°N 4.54639°W | |||
| Country |  Spain |
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| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid | ||
| Province | Madrid | ||
| Comarca | Sierra Oeste | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Eugenio Romero Arribas | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,214 m (3,983 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 7,023 | ||
| • Density | 196.2/km2 (508.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Parraos | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Cercedilla is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Francisco Fernández Ochoa
It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950-2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (& 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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