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| Jessica
VALL |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Spain
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 22 Nov 1988
in Barcelona, ESP |
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Further Personal Information |
Family |
Husband Alberto |
Residence |
Barcelona, ESP |
Occupation |
Athlete, Coach |
Languages |
Catalan, Spanish |
Higher education |
Biomedical Science - Pompeu Fabra University: Barcelona, ESP |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began swimming at age three. At age six she enrolled in a swimming club in Barcelona, Spain. |
Why this sport? |
She and her parents were advised by a coach to do a trial at a swimming club. "I was so nervous. I was told to swim the four strokes but I didn't even know that butterfly stroke actually existed. Once the test was over, my soon to be coach, Pilar Plaja, told us I had received a grant to be a member of the Club de Natacio Catalunya team." |
Club / Team |
CN Sant Andreu: Barcelona, ESP |
Name of coach |
Jordi Jou [club], ESP |
Training Regime |
She trains for up to 40 hours a week. |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Jessi, Xess, Ranita [Little frog]. (sport.es, 15 Jan 2019; mundodeportivo.com, 07 Aug 2015) |
Hobbies |
Supporting Spanish football club Barcelona. (mundodeportivo.com, 24 Nov 2018) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (rtve.es, 10 Jul 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
Danish swimmer Rikke Moller Pedersen. (elperiodico.com, 11 Aug 2015) |
Injuries |
She sustained a foot injury in 2019. (rtve.es, 10 Jul 2019) |
Awards and honours |
She received the 2018 Female Spanish Swimmer of the Year award from the website SwimSwam in its Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 02 Jan 2019)
She was named 2018 Female Athlete of the Year in Catalonia by the Sports Federations Union of Catalonia and the Barcelona-based 'Sport' newspaper in Spain. (jessicavall.com, 17 Jan 2019; sport.es, 15 Jan 2019)
In 2018 she received the Extraordinary Champions award from the Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. (mundodeportivo.com, 27 Oct 2018) |
Other information |
OCCUPATION
She has worked as a laboratory assistant at a medical research institute in Barcelona, Spain. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2018)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She took a break from her swimming career for five years to focus on her biology studies at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. She has since studied for a master's degree in bioethics at the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia [UCAM] in Spain. (cope.es, 07 Aug 2015; Twitter profile, 02 Jun 2016; elmundo.es, 07 Aug 2015; sport.es, 15 Jan 2019)
COACHING
She has provided coaching at swimming clinics in Barcelona, Spain. (Instagram profile, 17 Oct 2020; jessicavall.com, 12 Oct 2019) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 16 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.55 |
| 10 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
200m Breaststroke |
2:24.22 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
200m Breaststroke |
2:28.11 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
50m Breaststroke |
31.58 |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.46 |
| 8 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:23.29 |
| 7 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.95 |
| Semifinal |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
100m Breaststroke |
1:08.02 |
| 3 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
200m Breaststroke |
2:22.76 |
| Heats |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| Semifinal |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
200m Breaststroke |
2:27.00 |
| Heats |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
50m Breaststroke |
31.77 |
World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:19.37 |
| Semifinal |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:05.27 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
50m Breaststroke |
30.88 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Individual Medley |
1:01.79 |
| 13 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:23.34 |
| 19 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
100m Individual Medley |
1:01.73 |
| Heats |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.63 |
| Heats |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
50m Breaststroke |
31.17 |
| Heats |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.22 |
| Heats |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Breaststroke |
31.28 |
| Heats |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
200m Breaststroke |
2:21.66 |
European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 4 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.98 |
| 2 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
200m Breaststroke |
2:23.02 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Breaststroke |
31.86 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| 2 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
200m Breaststroke |
2:22.56 |
| Heats |
2016 |
London, ENG |
50m Breaststroke |
32.14 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
200m Breaststroke |
2:24.08 |
| 4 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.51 |
| Heats |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Breaststroke |
31.99 |
| 7 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
4:02.84 |
European Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:04.80 |
| Semifinal |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
50m Breaststroke |
30.68 |
| 1 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:18.41 |
| Semifinals |
2013 |
Herning, DEN |
50m Breaststroke |
31.35 |
| 6 |
2013 |
Herning, DEN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:23.21 |
| Semifinals |
2013 |
Herning, DEN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.07 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 1 |
2019 |
Berlin, GER |
200m Breaststroke |
2:27.14 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Berlin, GER |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.76 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Breaststroke |
31.86 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:08.66 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:28.12 |
| 8 |
2019 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:20.68 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Breaststroke |
31.83 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:25.32 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.29 |
| 6 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
50m Breaststroke |
31.56 |
| 49 |
2018 |
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Overall Ranking |
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| 4 |
2018 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:20.81 |
| 6 |
2018 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:05.97 |
| 8 |
2018 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Breaststroke |
30.75 |
| 6 |
2018 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:41.89 |
| 3 |
2018 |
Eindhoven, NED |
200m Breaststroke |
2:20.06 |
| 7 |
2018 |
Eindhoven, NED |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.42 |
| 8 |
2018 |
Eindhoven, NED |
50m Breaststroke |
31.04 |
| 4 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:05.44 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:19.80 |
| 5 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.71 |
| 5 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:22.46 |
| 8 |
2014 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:25.14 |
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