Rocío Arroyo
Spanish athlete (born 2003)
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Rocío Arroyo Soria (born 6 July 2003) is a Spanish sprinter and middle-distance runner. In 2025, she became Spanish under-23 national record holder, won the Spanish Athletics Championships and was silver medalist at the European U23 Championships, over 800 metres.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Spain |
| Born | 6 July 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:59.17 (Oordegem, 2025) Indoor 800m: 1:59.97 (Madrid, 2026) |
Medal record | |
Biography
She is a member of Athletics Club A.J. Alkala based in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. She set a Spanish under-23 record with her teammates Carmen Avilés, Berta Segura, and Blanca Hervás, in winning the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[2][3][4] In 2024, she transitioned away from the 400 metres and towards middle-distance running.[5]
She won the silver medal in the 800 metres behind Audrey Werro of Switzerland at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, in July 2025, running a time of 1:59.18 which the Spanish U-23 record, and moved her to third on the Spanish all-time list, after Maite Zúñiga and Mayte Martínez.[5][6][7] Later in the championships, she won a silver medal anchoring the Spanish women's 4 x 400 metres relay team to a second place finish, behind Great Britain.[8][9] In August 2025, she won the Spanish Athletics Championships title over 800 metres in a time of 2:01.01 in Tarragona.[5][10] That month, she lowered her personal best for the 800 metres to 1:59.17 whilst racing in Oordegem, Belgium.[11]
She made her major championship debut in September 2025, racing the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13]
In February 2026, she ran an indoor personal best of 1:59.97 for the 800 metres at the Madrid World Indoor Tour Gold.[14] Arroyo won the 800 metres at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships in Valencia, running 2:01.30.[15] She ran at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, advancing to the semi-finals of the 800 metres.[16] Later at the championships, she won the bronze medal with the women's 4 x 400 m relay team.[17][18] Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays, she ran as part of the women’s 4 x 400 m team which won their heat in 3:24.44, just 31 hundredths of a second shy of the Spanish record, and qualifying for the final.[19] The following day, she ran as the Spanish quartet achieved a 3:21.25 national record to win the silver medal in the women’s 4 x 400m final.[20]