Spain will face the European Championship in Munich with an ambitious team

They say that the stadiums that host some Olympic Games They have a special soul that makes those who compete there shine. The stands have seen athletes become champions and heroes become legends. In Munich celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 Games including the organization of ‘Eurogames’ with 9 different disciplines and this Monday the king sport, athletics, will begin.

The European Championship returns after a four-year absence due to the cancellation of Paris 2020 and it is the return to Munich 20 years after those organized in 2002. From August 15 to 21, the Olympiastadion, with a capacity for 69,250 spectators , will host 1,528 athletes from 50 countries and among them, 88 are Spanish (48 men and 40 women).

“The objective of Munich is to maximize the number of medals, increase the finalist places and ensure that the largest possible number of athletes pass the first round,” said Spanish coach José Peiró, who made of the list with more flexibility. compared to the 2022 Oregon World Cup.

The two bronze medalists in Eugene, Asier Martínez (110 hurdles) and Mo Katir (1,500m) will not miss the event. In Katir’s case, he considered doubling the 1,500 and 5,000, but in the end he will only compete in the long distance in Munich. The two title defenders in the 20 km walk, Álvaro Martín and María Pérez, who will also start as favorites in Munich, will not be missing either.

In the team there are nine individual and seven relay national record holders, eleven of whom already know what it means to win a continental medal. On the contrary, the great absentees in this Continental are Orlando Ortega (poor form after injury), Ana Peleteiro (maternity), Esther Guerrero (injury) and Bruno Hortelano (poor form after injury).

At the European Championships in Berlin 2018, Spain won 10 medals including the golds of María Pérez (20 km walk) and Álvaro Martín (20 km walk); the silvers of Diego García Carrera (20km walk), Fernando Carro (3,000m obstacles) and the men’s marathon team with Camilo Santiago, Iraitz Arrospide, Javier Guerra, Jesús España and Pedro Nimo; the bronzes of Ana Peleteiro (triple jump), Júlia Takács (50 km walk), Orlando Ortega (110 hurdles), the 4×400 relay with Lucas Búa, Samuel García, Bruno Hortelano and Óscar Husillos, and the women’s marathon team with Azucena Díaz, Marta Galimany, Trihas Gebre, Elena Loyo and Clara Simal.

Competition begins this Monday morning with two marathons (10:30 am for women and 11:30 am for men) and in the afternoon the first track finals will be held with the men’s 10,000m and the weight.

Spanish participants in Munich 2022:

Sergio Lopez (100m; 4x100m)

Jesus Gomez (4x100m)

Pablo Montalvo (4x100m)

Alberto Calero (4×100)

Pol Retamal (200m; 4x100m)

Daniel Rodriguez (200m)

Iñaki Canal (400m; 4x400m)

Manuel Guijarro (400m; 4x400m)

Oscar Husillos (400m; 4x400m)

Lucas Bua (4x400m)

Samuel Garcia (4x400m)

Alvaro de Arriba (800m)

Mariano Garcia (800m)

Adam Ben (800m)

Mario Garcia (1,500m)

Gonzalo Garcia (1,500m)

Ignacio Fontes (1,500m)

Mo Katir (5,000m)

Adel Mechaal (5,000m)

Abdessamad Oukhelfen (5,000m)

Roberto Alaiz (10,000m)

Juan Antonio Perez (10,000m)

Ayad Lamdassem (marathon)

Jorge Blanco (marathon)

Yago Rojo (marathon)

Daniel Mateo (marathon)

Abdelaziz Merzougui (marathon)

Daniel Arce (3,000m obs.)

Sebas Martos (3,000m obs.)

Victor Ruiz (3,000m obs.)

Asier Martinez (110m hurdles)

Enrique Llopis (110m hurdles)

Jesus David Delgado (400m hurdles)

Aleix Porras (400m hurdles)

Eusebio Cáceres (length)

Hector Santos (length)

Marcos Ruiz (triple)

Pablo Torrijos (triple)

Carlos Tobalina (weight)

Javier Cienfuegos (hammer)

Manu Quijera (javelin)

Álvaro Martín (20km walk)

Alberto Amezcua (20km walk)

Diego Garcia (20km walk)

Ivan López (20km walk)

Marc Tur (35km walk)

Miguel Ángel López (35km walk)

Manuel Bermúdez (35km walk)

Jael Bestué (100m; 4x100m)

Sonia Molina-Prados (100m; 4x100m)

Carmen Marco (4x100m)

Maribel Pérez (100m; 4x100m)

Lucia Carrillo (200m; 4x100m)

Paula Sevilla (200m; 4x100m)

Aauri Bokesa (4x400m)

Laura Hernandez (4x400m)

Carmen Aviles (4x400m)

Eva Santidrián (4x400m)

Berta Segura (4x400m)

Lucia Pinacchio (800m)

Marina Martinez (800m)

Agueda Marques (1,500m)

Marta Perez (1,500m)

Carla Gallardo (5,000m)

Marta Garcia (5,000m)

Cristina Ruiz (5,000m)

Maitane Melero (10,000m)

Beatriz Alvarez (10,000m)

Marta Galimany (marathon)

Elena Loyo (marathon)

Laura Mendez (marathon)

Irene Pelayo (marathon)

Irene Sánchez-Escribano (3,000m obs.)

Carolina Robles (3,000m obs.)

Blanca Fernandez (3,000m obs.)

Xenia Benach (100m hurdles)

Sara Gallego (400m hurdles)

Carla Garcia (400m hurdles)

Irati Mitxelena (length)

Bethlehem Toimil (weight)

Laura Redondo (hammer)

Arantza Moreno (javelin)

Claudia Conte (heptathlon)

Maria Vicente (heptathlon)

María Pérez (20km walk)

Antía Chamosa (35km walk)

Raquel González (35km walk)

Mar Juárez (35km walk)