Lorea Ibarzabal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibarzabal and the second or maternal family name is Padorno.
Lorea Ibarzabal
Personal information
Full nameLorea Ibarzabal Padorno
Born (1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 30)
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
ClubAtlético San Sebastian
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Lorea Ibarzabal Padorno (born 7 November 1994) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. She finished fourth in the 800 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Ibarzabal has won multiple Spanish national titles (800 m indoors and outdoors).

Career

In February 2021, after she overcame a significant injury, 26-year-old Lorea Ibarzabal won her first national title, with a victory in the 800 metres at the Spanish Indoor Championships.[1]

In February 2023, she ran the second-fastest time by a Spanish woman ever in the indoor 800 m, clocking 2:01.00 in Metz.[2] The same month, she claimed national indoor 800 m title for the second time.[3] In March, the 28-year-old competed in the event at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul. It was the Ibarzabal's first major competition representing Spain, and she said that the semi-final was additionally emotional for her as she was competing on the birthday of her running partner Bea, who had died four months earlier.[4] In the final she came within 0.02 s of bronze medal, but ran a personal best of 2:00.87 to finish fourth.[5]

In July 2023, she broke two minutes for the 800m, running 1:59.88 in Madrid.[6]

She competed for Spain at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres. She ran an indoors personal best in her qualifying heat with a time of 2:00.56.[7] She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[8] She was officially selected for th She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[9][10]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
Representing  Spain
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 4th 800 m i 2:00.87
European Games Chorzów, Poland 9th 800 m 2:00.86
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 55th (h) 800 m 2:06.33
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 800 m i 2:00.73
European Championships Rome, Italy 12th (h) 800 m 2:01.15
Olympic Games Paris, France 6th (rep) 800 m 1:59.81

Personal life

Ibarzabal was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria but is now based in Madrid and trains in Valladolid.[11] She studied engineering at the University of Southern California.[1] Her father, Daniel Ibarzabal, is from Zumarraga in Gipuzkoa province of the Basque country. Her mother, Patricia Padorno, was a middle-distance runner in the 1980s.[1] Her maternal grandfather is a Spanish poet Manuel Padorno.[12]

National titles

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lorea Ibarzabal se proclama campeona de España de 800 metros". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Lorea Ibarzabal, segunda mejor marca española de siempre en 800". Marca (in Spanish). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ Hidalgo, Santiago (26 February 2023). "Una relación idílica de 800 metros con Valladolid". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Adrián Ben y Lorea Ibarzabal son finalistas del 800". Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Adrián Ben, oro europeo indoor en los 800 metros por tres milésimas!". Marca (in Spanish). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ Smythe, Steve (25 July 2023). "World qualifiers in Europe for Isabelle Boffey and Ami Pipi". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ "#EspañaAtletismo Road to Roma: Preselección definitiva". Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Spain's list for athletics at the Paris Olympics". sport.es. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Mechaal se apunta al desafío ante Ingebrigtsen en la esperada final de 3.000". La Provincia (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  12. ^ López, Karel (17 March 2021). "Atletismo: Lorea Ibarzabal: una artista sobre la pista que lleva el arte en la sangre". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.