Spanish athletics will field 87 athletes in Rome, the second highest number in history at the outdoor European Championships

#SpainAthletics returns 50 years later to live a European Championship in The Eternal City. Remembering the European Championship in Rome in 1974, the Olympic Stadium in the capital of Italy It hosted only one other top-level event, the 1987 World Championship. This is the third time that the European Championship will be held in Italy, after the inaugural edition in Turin 1934 and the aforementioned 1974. Ahead, between 7 and 12. June, six days with the best of the best athletics from in the Old Continent.

In Rome, #PassionToCompete will first be represented by 87 athletes (47 men and 40 women), selected after meeting the standard established by coach José Peiró and the RFEA Sports Directorate.

Next, we will review the names of the 87 pre-selected athletes, the second highest number in the history of #SpainAthletics in the history of European outdoor events, after the 92 athletes who participated four years ago in Berlin and the highest considering only Olympic years, ahead of the 75 athletes in 2016 and 67 who were present in 2012.

#EspañaAtletismo will join a current European champion in Rome. The Navarrese hurdler Asier Martinezin the 110 m hurdles, leading a team in which five other medalists from the previous edition also stood out, such as Rachel Gonzalez (silver at 35 km but this time he will join the 20km walk), Laura Mendez in the half marathon (silver for teams) Mario García in the 1500 m (bronze), Red Iago in the half marathon (team bronze) and Diego Garcia Race on 20km march (3rd).

Seven individual absolute record holders and another ten in relays are part of the #SpainAthletics expedition for Rome 2024: Laura Luengo (half marathon), Ana Peleteiro (triple) and Belén Toimil (weight) in women, and Orlando Ortega (110m hurdles), Sergio Fernández (400m hurdles), Fernando Carro (3000m hurdles) and Jordan Díaz (triple) to men.

Furthermore, three of the four relays representing us in the Italian capital came with a large part of the parts that achieved these Spanish records: the women’s 4×100 m, fourth two years ago in the city of Bavarian (and fifth in the World Cup in Oregon. ) incl Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël-Sakura Bestué, Paula Sevilla and Maribel Pérez (besides the relay, Pérez competes in the 100 m individual, while Bestué and Sevilla compete in the 200 m); The 4×400 m, which at the beginning of May, at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau, was able to break a historic Spanish record valid for 33 years, with its four protagonists. Carmen Avilés, Berta Segura, Eva Santidrián and Blanca Hervásand, in addition, in the men’s 4×400 m there will be two of the four who achieved the record two years ago in Munich, close to the bronze medal: Iñaki Cañal and Óscar Husillos.

Apart from the six Munich medalists already mentioned who will compete in Rome, others have achieved it in previous editions such as Ilias FIFA (champion in Amsterdam 2016), Adel Mechaal (silver in 5000 m in 2016), Sergio Fernandez (silver in 400 m hurdles in 2016), Javi Guerra (silver for half marathon teams in Berlin 2018), Fernando Carro (silver in 3000 m hurdles in 2018), Óscar Husillos (bronze in 4x400m in 2018), and Ana Peleteiro (bronze in triple also in 2018). In addition, the current European bronze 20 km walk, Diego García Carrerawas also European runner-up in 2018.

THE SHORTLISTED LIST

MAN
100 m: Guillem Crespí
800 m: Mohamed Attaoui, Adrián Ben, Álvaro de Arriba
1500 m: Ignacio Fontes, Mario García, Adel Mechaal
5000 m: Sergio Jiménez, Adel Mechaal, Thierry Ndikumwenayo
10000 m: Ilias Fifa, Eduardo Menacho, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Abdessamad Oukhelfen, Jesús Ramos
Half Marathon: Jorge Blanco, Ibrahim Chakir, Jorge González, Javier Guerra, Carlos Mayo, Yago Rojo
110 m hurdles: Enrique Llopis, Asier Martínez, Orlando Ortega, Kevin Sánchez
400 m hurdles: Jesús David Delgado, Sergio Fernández
3,000 m obstacles: Daniel Arce, Fernando Carro, Alejandro Quijada
Length: Eusebio Cáceres
Triple Jump: Jordan Díaz
Album: Diego Casas, Yasiel Bryan Sotero
Javelin: Manu Quijera
4 x 100 m: Bernat Canet, Juan Carlos Castillo, Guillem Crespí, Abel Alejandro Jordán, Sergio López, Ricardo Sánchez
4 x 400 m: Julio Arenas, Iñaki Cañal, David García, Manuel Guijarro, Óscar Husillos
20 km walk: Alberto Amezcua, Diego García, Paul McGrath

WOMEN
100 m: María Isabel Pérez
200 m: Jaël-Sakura Bestué, Esperança Cladera, Paula Sevilla
400 m: Berta Segura
800 m: Daniela García, Lorea Ibarzabal, Lorena Martín
1500 m: Esther Guerrero, Marta Pérez
5000 m: María Forero, Marta García
10,000 m: Alicia Berzosa, Laura Priego
Half marathon: Lidia Campo, Laura Luengo, Laura Méndez, Ester Navarrete, Fatima Azahara Ouhaddou, Meritxell Soler
400 m hurdles: Daniela Fra
3000 m obstacles: Blanca Fernández, Carolina Robles, Irene Sánchez-Escribano
Length: Fatima Diame, Tessy Ebosele
Triple Jump: Ana Peleteiro
Weight: Toimil Nativity Scene
Javelin: Yulenmis Aguilar
4 x 100 m: Jaël-Sakura Bestué, Alba Borrero, Sonia Molina-Prados, Esther Navero, Maribel Pérez, Paula Sevilla
4 x 400 m: Carmen Avilés, Laura Bou, Blanca Hervás, Herminia Parra, Eva Santidrián, Berta Segura
20 km walk: Laura García-Caro, Raquel González, Cristina Montesinos

Up to 31 athletes repeat the call compared to the last European Championship in Munich 2022: 17 men and 14 women. They repeat the test (at least one of them in the cases where they have competed in some) Iñaki Cañal, Óscar Husillos, Manuel Guijarro, Adrián Ben, Mario García Romo, Ignacio Fontes, Adel Mechaal, Abdessahman Oukhefen, Jorge Blanco, Asier Martínez , Enrique Llopis, Daniel Arce, Eusebio Cáceres, Manu Quijera, Sergio López, Diego García Carrera, Alberto Amezcua, Maribel Pérez, Jaël-Sakura Bestué, Sonia Molina Prados, Paula Sevilla, Marta Pérez, Marta García, Laura Méndez, Irene Sánchez , Carolina Robles, Blanca Fernández, Belén Toimil, Raquel González, Berta Segura and Eva Santidrián.

On the other hand, nine preselected athletes can debut in #EspañaAtletismo at full level. They are Esperança Cladera, Yulenmis Aguilar, Alba Borrero, Laura Bou, Eduardo Menacho, Jorge González, Juan Carlos Castillo, Abel Alejandro Jordán and Ricardo Sánchez.