Carlos Sáez (runner)
Spanish middle-distance runner
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Carlos Sáez Sadornil (born 27 January 1999) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He placed eighth over 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
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| Full name | Carlos Sáez Sadornil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Albacete Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Antonio Serrano | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:45.52 (2025) 1500m: 3:32.28 (2025) Indoor 800m: 1:51.73 (2020) 1500m: 3:35.94 (2026) 3000m: 8:21.51 (2021) Road Mile: 4:17.20 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
From Valencia, and a member of Albacete Athletics Club, Sáez was the Spanish under-18 800 metres champion but had to overcome a ischemic stroke at the age of 17 years-old after he suffered blow to the head against a buoy while participating in freediving on La Barceloneta beach. His early career was hampered by several injuries, but in 2021 he broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 metres for the first time and became the Spanish under-23 national champion.[2][3][4]
Coached by Antonio Serrano, Sáez placed second at the Spanish Indoor Championships in Orense in February 2024, and won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Cuiaba, Brazil.[3][5]
In June 2025, Sáez ran a 1500 m personal best of 3:25.18 in Nerja.[3] He lowered that best again to 3:32.28 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium in July 2025.[2][6] On 2 August, he was runner-up to Adrian Ben at the Spanish Championships 1500 metres race, running 3:41.35.[7][8] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals, running 3:40.61.[9] Competing on the road, Sáez was runner-up to Isaac Nader at the Berango International Mile on 11 October 2025 in 4:18.[10] That month he also won over the mile in Valladolid, and in Cantabria at the 30th edition of the Costa de Ajo Race in 18:13, ahead of Daniel Arce and Mariano García.[11]
Running for Hoka, Sáez ran an indoor personal best for the 1500 metres of 3:35.94 in Luxembourg in January 2026.[12] He placed third in the 1500 metres at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships in Valencia, running 3:44.86.[13] In March 2026, he qualified for the final, and placed eighth overall, in the 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running 3:42.46 in the final.[14][15][16]