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This article is about a Spanish sprinter. For a Tahitian footballer, see
Samuel Garcia.
Samuel García (born 4 December 1991) is a Spanish athlete specialising in the 400 metres.[1] He represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships. Individually, his best outing so far is the seventh place at the 2014 European Championships.
His personal bests in the 400 metres are 45.50 seconds outdoors (Alcobendas 2014) and 47.14 seconds indoors (Sabadell 2014).
Competition record
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing  Spain
|
| 2009
|
European Junior Championships
|
Novi Sad, Serbia
|
9th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:23.93
|
| 2010
|
World Junior Championships
|
Moncton, Canada
|
12th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:11.59
|
| 2011
|
European U23 Championships
|
Ostrava, Czech Republic
|
6th
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:07.58
|
| 2012
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Istanbul, Turkey
|
5th
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:10.01
|
| European Championships
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
–
|
400 m
|
DQ
|
| 10th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:09.11
|
| 2013
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Zürich, Switzerland
|
14th (h)
|
400 m
|
47.76
|
| European U23 Championships
|
Tampere, Finland
|
10th (h)
|
400 m
|
46.98
|
| 5th
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:05.28
|
| World Championships
|
Moscow, Russia
|
16th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:04.07
|
| 2014
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Sopot, Poland
|
9th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:10.17
|
| European Championships
|
Zürich, Switzerland
|
7th
|
400 m
|
46.35
|
| 9th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:04.68
|
| 2015
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Prague, Czech Republic
|
14th (sf)
|
400 m
|
47.95
|
| IAAF World Relays
|
Nassau, Bahamas
|
22nd (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:08.49
|
| 2016
|
European Championships
|
Amsterdam, Netherlands
|
20th (sf)
|
400 m
|
46.43
|
| 10th (h)
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:04.77
|
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