Laura Méndez Esquer
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Personal information | |
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Birth name | Laura Mèndez Esquer |
Nationality | Spain |
Born | 6 November 1988 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event(s) | 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, marathon |
Laura Méndez Esquer (born 6 November 1988, Valencia) is a Spanish long distance runner.
Mendez was the Spanish junior champion in the 3000m indoors in 2007 and runner-up in the senior Spanish Championship at the 3000m indoors in 2015. She was selected to represent Spain in the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland in 2020.[1] In April 2021 she ran her debut marathon in Enschede, Netherlands and achieved the qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in her first ever competitive marathon. Mèndez competed in Tokyo but did not finish the Olympic marathon course.[2] In May 2022, Mèndez won the Spanish national championship 10k race setting a new national record time of 33.15.[3]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Spain | |||||
2020 | World Half Marathon Championships | Gdynia, Poland | 61st | Half marathon | 1:12:58 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | - | Marathon | DNF |
2022 | Ibero-American Championships | Torrevieja, Spain | 6th | Half marathon | 1:14:51 |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 32nd | Marathon | 2:39:15 |
References
- ^ "La valenciana Laura Méndez, rumbo al Mundial de Medio Maratón". www.superdeporte.es.
- ^ "La valenciana Laura Méndez logra la mínima para los Juegos en su debut en maratón". Las Provincias. April 18, 2021.
- ^ "El Económico - Laura Méndez se proclama campeona de España de 10 kilómetros en ruta".
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