María Pérez (racewalker)
Spanish racewalker
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Full name | María Pérez García | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28) Orce, Spain[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Valencia Club de Atletismo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Daniel Jacinto Garzón | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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María Pérez García (born 29 April 1996)[2] is a Spanish race walker. She finished first in the 20 kilometers race walk and in the 35 kilometers race walk at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, fourth in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Pérez won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, setting a championship record in the process. She is the world record holder for the 35 km race walk with a time of 2:37:15, set on 21 May 2023 at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Poděbrady, Czech Republic.[3]
Pérez won seven Spanish national racewalking titles.
Statistics
Personal bests
- 3000 metres race walk – 12:00.87 (Huelva 2018)
- 5000 metres race walk – 20:28.17 (Andújar 2022) NB
- 10,000 metres race walk – 43:42.04 (Getafe 2021)
- 10 kilometres race walk – 43:36 (Antequera 2021)
- 20 kilometres race walk – 1:25:30 (Córdoba 2023) NR
- 35 kilometres race walk – 2:37:15 (Poděbrady 2023) World record
International competitions
References
- ^ "María Pérez". RFEA.
- ^ "María PÉREZ – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Warburton, Paul (21 May 2023). "World record! 2:37:15 for Perez in the 35km race walk in Podebrady". European Athletics. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
External links
- María Pérez at World Athletics
- María Pérez at Olympics.com
- María Pérez at Olympedia
- María Pérez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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World champions in women's racewalking
10 kilometres
- 1987: Irina Strakhova (URS)
- 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
- 1993: Sari Essayah (FIN)
- 1995: Irina Stankina (RUS)
- 1997: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
20 kilometres
- 1999: Liu Hongyu (CHN)
- 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
- 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
- 2009: Olive Loughnane (IRL)
- 2011: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2013: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2017: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
- 2019: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2022: Kimberly García (PER)
- 2023: María Pérez (ESP)
50 kilometres
- 2017: Inês Henriques (POR)
- 2019: Liang Rui (CHN)
35 kilometres
- 2022: Kimberly García (PER)
- 2023: María Pérez (ESP)