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