Alessandra Aguilar Morán (born 1 July 1978 in Lugo) is a Spanish long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. She represented her country in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics the following year and then at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the World Championships following that.

Before focusing on the marathon, she competed mainly in cross country running competitions. She represented Spain at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships every year from 2000 to 2010, with the sole exception of 2007. Her best finish was twenty-fourth place at the 2009 edition.Aguilar Alessandra. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. She won a team gold medal with the Spanish women at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships in Toro, Spain via a seventeenth-place finish.2007 European Cross Country Championships results . RFEA. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. She also won a team bronze medal at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.Results – Senior Women . European Athletics (13 December 2009). Retrieved on 2 December 2010.

She has a best of 32:26 minutes for the 10K distance, set at the 2007 Great Manchester Run. At the 2008 Granollers Half Marathon she took second place behind Rahab Ndungu, running a personal best time of 1:11:33 for the distance.Valiente, Emeterio (4 February 2008). Wanjiru takes overwhelming 59:29 Half Marathon win in Granollers. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. She made her debut over the full distance at the Rotterdam Marathon that April and set a personal best of 2:29:03 to take third place.van Hemert, Wim (13 April 2008). Kipsang sets 2:05:49 course record in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. She won the Hamburg Marathon title in 2009 with a time of 2:29:01, which was enough to gain her qualification into the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.Wenig, Jorg (27 April 2009). Ethiopia’s Tsige and Spain’s Aguilar take Hamburg Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. In the World Championship marathon she managed 25th place overall. She ran at the San Silvestre Vallecana race on New Year's Eve and took fifth place just behind her compatriot Marta Domínguez.Valiente, Emeterio (1 January 2010). Fulfilling favourite roles, Masai and Cheruiyot prevail in Madrid. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010.

Following a win at the Venta de Baños Cross,Valiente, Emeterio (20 December 2010). Rotich and Aguilar nab thrilling victories in Venta de Baños. IAAF. Retrieved 23 December 2011. Aguilar competed for Spain at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, which was held in Barcelona, and managed seventh in the marathon – the best Spanish finisher in the race.2010 European Athletics Championships Marathon Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. She set her sights on competing at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships in December and established herself as one of Spain's top contenders for the competition with a top five run at the Cross de Atapuerca and a win at the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio.Valiente, Emeterio (7 November 2010). Medhin and Dibaba outclass World champions in Atapuerca. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010.Valiente, Emeterio (29 November 2010). Medhin and Aguilar reign in Llodio. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. Her eighth-place finish at the European Championships was the best of the Spanish women and she led the national team to the bronze medals.Senior Women – Results. European Athletics (12 December 2010). Retrieved 12 December 2010.

She was also selected for the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, held on home turf in Punta Umbría, but finished outside the top forty while the Spanish women ended up eighth in the team competition.2011 World XC – Official Team Results Senior Race – W . IAAF (20 March 2011). Retrieved 16 April 2011. She was in good form at the Rotterdam Marathon the following month and took fourth place and improved her best by two minutes, completing the distance in 2:27:00.van Hemert, Wim (10 April 2011). Chebet impresses with 2:05:27 victory in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved 16 April 2011. She represented Spain in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the race.Marathon – W Final . IAAF (27 August 2011). Retrieved 23 December 2011. Aguilar was suspended by the IAAF for 3 months from February 2012 to May 2012 for an unspecified doping violation committed at a Cross Country race in Cantimpalos in December 2011.

She qualified for the women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place. She went on to finish 5th at the 2013 World Athletics Championships.

Achievements Representing 1999European U23 ChampionshipsGöteborg, Sweden9th5000 m16:03.752000World Cross Country ChampionshipsVilamoura, Portugal60th8 km race28:412001World Cross Country ChampionshipsVilamoura, Portugal48th8 km race30:59UniversiadeBeijing, China6th10000 m33:31.492002World Cross Country ChampionshipsOstend, Belgium35th8 km race28:432003World Cross Country ChampionshipsLausanne, Switzerland29th8 km race28:042004World Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium47th8 km race29:522005World Cross Country ChampionshipsSaint-Galmier, France47th8 km race29:392006World Cross Country ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan63rd8 km race28:112008World Cross Country ChampionshipsEdinburgh, United Kingdom35th8 km race27:13Summer OlympicsBeijing, China54thMarathon2:39:292009World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan24th8 km race28:18World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany25thMarathon2:33:382010World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland40th8 km race26:52European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5thMarathon2:35:042011World Cross Country ChampionshipsPunta Umbría, Spain42nd8 km race27:16World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea -MarathonDNF2012Summer OlympicsLondon, United Kingdom26thMarathon2:29:192013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5thMarathon2:32:382014World Half Marathon ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark21stHalf marathon1:10:56European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland -MarathonDNF2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China17thMarathon2:33:422016World Half Marathon ChampionshipsCardiff, United Kingdom -Half marathonDNFEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands27thHalf marathon1:13:28Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -MarathonDNF

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