Beatriz Pascual

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pascual and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Beatriz Pascual
Pascual in 2014
Personal information
Born (1982-05-09) May 9, 1982 (age 42)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country Spain
SportAthletics
Event20km Race Walk

Beatriz Pascual Rodríguez (born 9 May 1982 in Viladecans, Barcelona) is a Spanish race walker. She holds the women's national record for Spain in the 5000 m track walk (20:53.97).[1] She was also Spain's national champion in the 20 km walk event in 2006 and 2008. She represented Spain at the Olympics in 2008 and finished sixth in the women's 20 km walk. She has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, taking 13th in 2007 and 6th in 2009. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

Pascual suffered an injury in November 2010 and returned to training in March 2010[clarification needed]. She finished in eleventh at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, but she went on to win at a meeting on home soil at the Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña in June 2010.[2] She was ninth in the 20 km walk at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She began 2012 with a win at the Rio Maior GP.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished in 8th place.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 11th 5000 m 24:32.10
2000 European Race Walking Cup (U20) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 6th 10 km 46:44
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 6th 10,000 m 47:14.79
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 12th 20 km 1:32:38
World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 19th 20 km 1:34:28
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 20 km 1:37:28
2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 18th 20 km 1:30:22
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 20 km 1:36:27
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 20th 20 km 1:36:03
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 13th 20 km 1:35:13
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 25th 20 km 1:33:55
Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 6th 20 km 1:27:44
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 6th 20 km 1:35:28
2nd Team – 20 km 18 pts
World Championships Berlin, Germany 6th 20 km 1:30:40
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 11th 20 km 1:36:08
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 20 km 1:29:52
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 9th 20 km 1:31:46
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 5th 20 km 1:30:46
Olympic Games London, Great Britain 8th 20 km 1:27:56
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 9th 20 km 1:32:53
3rd Team – 20 km 39 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russian Federation 6th 20 km 1:29:00
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 21st 20 km 1:29:22
European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 8th 20 km 1:29:02

References

  1. ^ "pascualbeatriz.xls" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2010-06-20). Zhu and Pascual nab La Coruña titles – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-20.
  3. ^ Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2012-04-14). New winners in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-21.
  4. ^ "London 2012 20km race walk women Results - Olympic athletics".


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