Manuel Pancorbo

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pancorbo and the second or maternal family name is Chica.

Manuel Pancorbo Chica (born 7 July 1966 in Torredelcampo, Jaén) is a retired track and field athlete. He competed in the middle distances.

Pancorbo represented his native country Spain at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992 and 1996. He won the silver medal in the men's 3,000 metres at the 1998 European Indoor Championships.

Pancorbo is the first Spaniard to win the Cross Internacional de Soria and the only male athlete to do so.

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