Jessica Vall

Jessica Vall Montero (born 22 November 1988) is a Spanish competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist. She has a degree in Biomedicine from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and has worked at Barcelona's Biomedical Research Center. She swims for Club Natació Sant Andreu, where she has trained for over five years with her coach Jordi Jou, ex-elite swimmer also for C.N. Sant Andreu. Besides elite training, she is also working towards her master's degree in Bioethics from the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vall and the second or maternal family name is Montero.

Jessica Vall
Personal information
Full nameJessica Vall Montero
National team Spain
Born (1988-11-22) 22 November 1988
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubClub Natació Sant Andreu
CoachJordi Jou
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Spain
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place2015 Kazan200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place2016 London200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2018 Glasgow200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2014 Berlin200 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2017 Copenhagen200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2017 Copenhagen100 m breaststroke
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Mersin200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin4 x 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona4 x 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona50 m breaststroke

Biography

Jessica Vall debuted internationally in the 2013 Mediterranean Games, where she swam the 200-meter breaststroke, 100-meter breaststroke, and 4 × 100 m medley relay. She won one gold and two silver medals.[1]

She also took part in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in the 50-meter and 200-meter breaststroke.[2]

A year later, at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke.

In the 2015 World Aquatics Championship in Kazan, Russia, Jessica took the bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, setting a new Spanish record at 2:22:76.[3] She tied for third with Danish swimmer Rikke Moller Pedersen and Chinese swimmer Shi Jinglin.

In 2016, at the Spanish Spring Open held in Sabadell from 19 to 22 March, Vall hit the Olympic minimum in the 100-meter breaststroke during her first swim, thus making her Spain's first member of the swim team going to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] She also qualified for the 200-meter breaststroke later in that same meet. Her training partner at Club Natació Sant Andreu, teenage Africa Zamorano, was one of the surprises on the female Olympic squad,[5] mainly made up of veterans: Mireia Belmonte, Melani Costa and Duane da Rocha.

Vall has been honored as Barcelona's "Female Athlete of the Year" by Barcelona's City Council in 2015.[6]

International Swimming League

In 2019 Vall was member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron.

References
  1. "Jessica Vall Bio".
  2. "Women's 200m Breaststroke". 2013 World Aquatics Championships. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. "More Sports: Jessica Vall takes bronze at the death - MARCA.com (English version)". MARCA.com. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. "Real Federación Española de Natación". rfen.es. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. "Rio Roll Call: 11 Spaniards Earn Olympic Qualifying Times At Trials". SwimSwam. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. "Notícies | Ajuntament de Barcelona". www.bcn.cat. Retrieved 26 March 2016.


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