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Alba
VÁZQUEZ |
Sport |
Swimming |
NOC |
Spain
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Gender | Women |
Born | 24 Feb 2002
in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ESP |
Height | 1.80 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
CN Churriana: Granada, ESP |
Why this sport? |
Her mother was concerned about water safety and enrolled her in swimming lessons. |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Málaga, ESP |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Spanish swimmer Mireia Belmonte. (elespanol.com, 07 Oct 2019) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (fan.es, 16 Nov 2021) |
Awards and honours |
In June 2020 she received the Promising Female Athlete Award at the Andalusia Sports Awards in Spain. (huelva24.com, 05 Jun 2020)
In February 2020 she received the Revelation Award in recognition of her performances in 2019 from the Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. (mundodeportivo.com, 12 Feb 2020)
In December 2019 she received the AS Young Promise Award in Spain. (as.com, 03 Dec 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Training Regime |
She trains at the High Performance Centre in Sierra Nevada, Spain. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began swimming at age three in Huelva, Spain. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
Spanish |
General Interest |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Breaking the world junior record in the 400m individual medley at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (huelvainformacion.es, 10 Nov 2019) |
Other information |
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT In 2020 she spoke about her strengths and weaknesses within the individual medley event. "In butterfly I defend myself, I stay with the group, but my backstroke is horrible. The breaststroke is my strong point. This usually happens in swimming. Those who are good at backstroke, suffer with the breaststroke, and vice versa." (as.com, 06 Jun 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Physiotherapy - Catholic University of Murcia: Spain |
World Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
Heats |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:42.11 |
European Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
5 |
2022 |
Rome, ITA |
400m Individual Medley |
4:42.40 |
11 |
2022 |
Rome, ITA |
200m Individual Medley |
2:15.27 |
Heats |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:45.26 |
Heats |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:15.36 |
World Cup |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
32 |
2018 |
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Overall Ranking |
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3 |
2018 |
Doha, QAT |
200m Breaststroke |
2:30.33 |
4 |
2018 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Breaststroke |
1:11.25 |
5 |
2018 |
Doha, QAT |
200m Individual Medley |
2:18.72 |
3 |
2018 |
Doha, QAT |
400m Individual Medley |
4:48.68 |
4 |
2018 |
Doha, QAT |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
4:05.03 |
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