Carla Gallardo Spanish long-distance runner (born 1999)
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Carla Gallardo
Full name Carla Gallardo Puertas[ 1] Nationality Spain Born 9 February 1999 (1999-02-09 ) [ 2] Home town Palencia [ 3] Sport Athletics Event(s)
5000 metres 3000 metres Coached by Santiago de la Parte [ 4] National finals 2015 Spanish U18s • 800m , 2nd ‹See Tfd› 2016 Spanish Indoor U18s • 1500m , 1st ‹See Tfd› 2016 Spanish U18s • 1500m , 1st ‹See Tfd› 2017 Spanish Indoor U20s • 3000m , 2nd ‹See Tfd› 2017 Spanish U20 XC • 6.15km XC , 3rd ‹See Tfd› 2017 Spanish U20s • 3000m , 3rd ‹See Tfd› 2018 Spanish Indoor U20s • 3000m , 1st ‹See Tfd› 2018 Spanish U20 XC • 6km XC , 1st ‹See Tfd› 2018 Spanish Champs • 1500m , 11th2019 Spanish Indoor U23s • 3000m , 1st ‹See Tfd› 2019 Spanish U23 XC • 10.05km XC , 3rd ‹See Tfd› 2021 Spanish U23s • 5000m , 3rd ‹See Tfd› 2021 Spanish Champs • 5000m , 8th2022 Spanish XC • 10.22km XC , 2nd ‹See Tfd› 2022 Spanish Indoors • 3000m , 2nd ‹See Tfd› 2022 Spanish Champs • 5000m , 7thPersonal bests Updated on 1 January 2024
Carla Gallardo Puertas (born 9 February 1999) is a Spanish long-distance runner . She finished 7th at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 3000 metres , and she contributed to the Spanish U20 team's bronze medal at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships .
Biography
Gallardo is from Palencia , Spain and has studied to become a medical doctor in parallel with her athletics career.[ 3]
At the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the U20 women's race , Gallardo finished 71st.[ 2] 2017 European Cross Country Championships U20 race, placing 19th and contributing to the Spanish team's bronze medal finish.[ 5]
In her first global track final, Gallardo finished 7th at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 3000 metres . Her time of 9:10.07 was the second-fastest ever ran by a Spanish U20 athlete.[ 6] 2018 European Cross Country Championships , Gallardo finished 6th in the U20 race.[ 2]
At the 2021 Spanish Athletics Championships , Gallardo finished 8th in 17:04.38, and was not selected for the Spanish 2021 Olympic team . Gallardo's next international championship was at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships , where she ran the 5000 m and placed 11th.[ 2]
At the 2022 European Athletics Championships , Gallardo finished 16th in the 5000 m. She ran with an infection while taking antibiotics , and she injured both of her achilles tendons at the competition.[ 3] [ 3]
Gallardo is coached by Santiago de la Parte , 1984 Olympian for Spain in the marathon .[ 4]
