Águeda Marqués Explained

Birth Name:Águeda Muñoz Marqués
Full Name:Águeda Marqués Muñoz
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:19 March 1999
Birth Place:Segovia, Spain
Sport:Athletics
Event:800m, 1500m, 3000m

Águeda Marqués Muñoz (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]

External links

Notes and References

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

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