Álvaro de Arriba

Álvaro de Arriba López (born 2 June 1994 in Salamanca) is a Spanish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[3] He represented his country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final. He won bronze at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 1:49.68.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Arriba and the second or maternal family name is López.
Álvaro de Arriba
Álvaro de Arriba in 2018
Personal information
Full nameÁlvaro de Arriba López
Born (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994
Salamanca, Spain[1]
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres
ClubF. C. Barcelona
Coached byJuan Carlos Fuentes
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow800 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 Belgrade800 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona800 m

His personal bests in the event are 1:44.85 outdoors (Chorzów 2022) and 1:45.43 indoors (Salamanca 2018).

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 9th (sf) 800 m 1:50.97
2014 Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th 800 m 1:47.50
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 14th (sf) 800 m 1:50.37
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 13th (h) 800 m 1:52.60
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 7th 800 m 1:47.58
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20th (h) 800 m 1:46.86
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 800 m 1:49.68
World Championships London, United Kingdom 16th (sf) 800 m 1:46.64
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th 800 m 1:48.51
Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 1st 800 m 1:47.43
European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th 800 m 1:46.41
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 800 m 1:46.83
World Championships Doha, Qatar 16th (sf) 800 m 1:46.09
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 21st (h) 800 m 1:49.99
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 4th 800 m 1:46.58
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 1st 800 m 1:45.19
World Championships Eugene, United States 15th (sf) 800 m 1:46.30
European Championships Munich, Germany 22nd (h) 800 m 1:47.94

References

[4]

  1. RFEA profile
  2. "2018 Med Games bio". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. Álvaro de Arriba at World Athletics
  4. "European Indoor Athletics Championships Belgrade 2017".


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