Blanca Hervás

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In July 2023, she was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team which won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.^[2][3]

Hervás was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.^[4][5]

Hervás was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.^[6] Her Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team qualified for the final and placed seventh overall.^[7][8] The team of Hervás, Berta Segura, Carmen Avilés and Eva Santidrián, set a new Spanish national record time 3:25.25, more than two seconds lower than the previous national best.^[9]

Hervás ran a personal best time for the 400 metres of 51.68 seconds in Madrid on 21 June 2024.^[10] On 29 June 2024, she came second at the Spanish Athletics Championships over 400 metres in La Nucia.^[11] She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[12][13]

She finished second to Paula Sevilla in the 400 metres at the Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.^[14] She ran the anchor leg for the Spanish women's 4 × 400 metres relay team which set a new national indoor record at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.^[15]

She ran for Spain at the 2025 World Athletics Relays with her performances including winning a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.^[16] Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, she was a member of the Spanish mixed 4x400 metres relay team which set a new national record of 2.20.4.^[17] Having missed out on qualification for the individual 400 metres by five-tenths of a second,^[18] Hervas was selected for the Spanish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.^[19][20]

Hervás won the 400 metres at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships in Valencia, running 51.49 seconds.^[21] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, where she won a silver medal in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.^[22][23] At the same championships, she also ran an indoor personal best 51.43 seconds to place sixth in the final of the 400 metres, and won the bronze medal with the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.^[24][25][18]

Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Botswana, she was part of the Spanish mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a national record of 3:09.89 on the opening day.^[26][27] Later that day she helped the women's 4 x 400 m relay team also qualify for the final.^[28]

From Valdemarín in Madrid, Hervas trained in Majadahonda in the city from the age of eight years-old. She studied Communication at the University of Miami in the United States. After returning to Spain she reunited with her coach Julio Rifaterra. She worked a part-time job as a Product Manager before becoming a professional athlete in 2025.^[29][30][18]