Águeda Marqués

Águeda Marqués
Personal information
Birth nameÁgueda Muñoz Marqués
Full nameÁgueda Marqués Muñoz
NationalitySpanish
Born (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)
Segovia, Spain
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800m, 1500m, 3000m

Águeda Marqués Muñoz[a] (born Águeda Muñoz Marqués; 19 March 1999) is a Spanish track and field athlete who competes primarily over 1500m on the track, but also competes as a cross-country runner.

Early life

From Segovia, Castile and León, Marqués was a promising youngster, winning the silver medal in the 1000 metres for her age group at the Spanish championships in 2014.[1] In February 2020 she was bronze medalist in the Spanish under-23 indoors championships over 3000m.[2] She became the under-23 champion of Spain over 800 metres on 30 September 2020.[3]

Career

Track

Marqués ran in the 1500m at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, and qualified for the final after running a personal best time of 4:09:94 in the heats.[4] However, after finishing seventh in the final she was disqualified after the event for jostling.[5]

Marqués was selected for the 1500m at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.[6] This came after she was runner-up to Marta Perez for the Spanish national 1500 metres title in June 2022.[7]

Marqués was runner-up to Esther Guerrero in the Spanish indoors national championships 1500m in February 2023.[8] She qualified for the final of the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 1500 metres.[9] In the final she ran a personal best time of 4.08.72, to finish seventh.[10]

In June 2023, she finished third in the 5000m at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, Poland.[11] She was selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[12]

She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres race.[13]

She finished second at the Spanish Championships 1500 metres in June 2024.[14] She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, running a personal best on her way to the final and a 4:00.31 new personal best in the final.[15][16]

Cross-country

Marqués also competes in cross country running,[17] and with her club won the title of Spanish cross-country champions, in November 2022.[18] She selected to represent Spain in the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin on 11 December 2022.[19] She finished seventeenth in the individual event as the Spanish women finished fourth overall.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marqués and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

References

  1. ^ "Águeda Muñoz was proclaimed runner-up in Spain in the 1,000-meter dash". Eladelantado.com. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Águeda Muñoz Marqués medalla de bronce en el XXXIV Campeonato de España Sub-23 en Pista cubierta en Salamanca". imdsg.es. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Águeda Muñoz Marqués campeona de España de 800 m.l." imdsg.es. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Águeda Muñoz Marqués qualifies for the final of the European 1,500 meters". Cadenasee.com. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ "The judges disqualify Águeda Muñoz Marqués in the absolute European final". Cadenaser.com. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Águeda Marqués will attend the European Championships in Munich". segoviaudaz.es. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Águeda Marqués, runner-up in Spain in the 1,500m". segoviaudaz.es. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Águeda Marqués, runner-up in Spain in the 1,500 meters". segoviaudaz.es. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Águeda Marqués qualifies for the 1,500 European final". Eldiasegovia.es. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Águeda Marqués, seventh in the 1,500m final of the European Championship in Istanbul". Segoviaudaz.es. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  11. ^ Knapton, Ben (22 June 2023). "Great Britain sit second after day one of European Athletics Team Championships". Sportsmole. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's 3000m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  14. ^ "National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships". European Athletics. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Spain's list for athletics at the Paris Olympics". sport.es. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Águeda Marqués, also in the cross". Eladelanrado.com. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Águeda Marqués, Spanish cross country champion with Adidas". Eladelanrado.com. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Águeda Marqués will represent Spain in the European cross country". segoviaudaz.es. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  20. ^ "The Spaniards, one step away from the team podium at the Turin Cross Country Championship". Runners World. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.