María Vicente
Appearance
![]() María Vicente in 2019 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain[1] | 28 March 2001
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Heptathlon, Triple jump |
Club | C.D. Nike Running |
Coached by | Ramón Cid |
María Vicente García (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish athlete specialising in combined events and triple jump. She is the holder of the U18 World Best in pentathlon, as well as the senior Spanish national record in pentathlon[2] and heptathlon.[3]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2017 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Győr, Hungary | 1st | Triple jump | 13.72 m |
World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | Heptathlon U18 | 5612 pts | |
2018 | European U18 Championships | Győr, Hungary | 1st | Heptathlon U18 | 6221 pts WYB |
1st | Triple jump | 13.95 m | |||
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 25th (q) | Triple jump | 13.50 m | |
Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Triple jump | 13.76 m | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th | Pentathlon | 4363 pts |
European U20 Championships | Borås, Sweden | 1st | Heptathlon | 6115 pts NR | |
8th | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ |
Personal bests
- Outdoor
- Long jump: 6.49 m (+1,3m/s)
- Triple jump: 13.95 m (+1,1m/s)
- Heptathlon: 6.115 points NR
- Heptathlon U18: 6.221 points
- Indoor
- Pentathlon: 4412 points NR
- Pentathlon U18: 4371 points WR U18
Personal life
Vicente's father was born in Cuba, while her mother is from Huélamo, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha.[4]
References
- ^ RFEA profile
- ^ Miranda, Daniel (16 February 2019). "Histórica María Vicente: récord de España de pentatlón". Diario AS (in Spanish).
- ^ "Vicente prevails in a pulsating heptathlon with 6115 points". European Athletics. 19 July 2019.
- ^ Arribas, Carlos (7 July 2018). "María Vicente, el prodigio que llegó de Cuenca". El País (in Spanish).
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Spanish people of Cuban descent
- People from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Catalan athletes
- Spanish heptathletes
- Spanish pentathletes
- Spanish female triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Spanish Athletics Championships winners
- World Youth Championships in Athletics winners
- Spanish athletics biography stubs