Carmen Avilés
Spanish athlete (born 2002)
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Carmen Avilés Palos[a] (born 5 April 2002) is a Spanish sprinter. She has competed for Spain at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. That year, she was part of a Spanish team which set a new national record in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[1]
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| Full name | Carmen Avilés Palos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2002 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m:: 51.82 (Madrid, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
In July 2021, she was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team that won silver at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn.[2][3]
In March 2022, she ran as part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.[4] In May 2022, she won gold in a Spanish U23 record time in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2022 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[5] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 4 × 400 m relay in Eugene.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
Avilés was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau.[10][11]
Avilés was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[12] Her Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team qualified for the final and placed seventh overall.[13] The team of Avilés, Berta Segura, Blanca Hervás and Eva Santidrián set a new Spanish national record time 3:25.25, more than two seconds lower than the previous national best.[14]
Avilés ran a personal best time for the 400 metres of 52.16 seconds in Madrid on 21 June 2024.[15] On 29 June 2024, she came third at the Spanish championships over 400 metres in La Nucia.[16][17] She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[18][19]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[20] She was subsequently 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.[21][22]
In March 2026, she was selected for the Spanish relay team for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, winning a bronze medal with the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay team.[23][24] In May, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[25]
Personal life
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Avilés and the second or maternal family name is Palos.