Lorea Ibarzabal
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lorea Ibarzabal Padorno |
| Born | 7 November 1994 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country | Spain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800 metres |
| Club | Atlético San Sebastian |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Lorea Ibarzabal Padorno (born 7 November 1994) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. She finished fourth in the 800 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Ibarzabal won two Spanish national titles (800 m indoors).
Career[edit]
In February 2021, after she overcame a significant injury, 26-year-old Lorea Ibarzabal won her first national title, with a victory in the 800 metres at the Spanish Indoor Championships.[1]
In February 2023, she ran the second-fastest time by a Spanish woman ever in the indoor 800 m, clocking 2:01.00 in Metz.[2] The same month, she claimed national indoor 800 m title for the second time.[3] In March, the 28-year-old competed in the event at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul. It was the Ibarzabal's first major competition representing Spain, and she said that the semi-final was additionally emotional for her as she was competing on the birthday of her running partner Bea, who had died four months earlier.[4] In the final she came within 0.02 s of bronze medal, but ran a personal best of 2:00.87 to finish fourth.[5]
In July 2023, she broke two minutes for the 800m, running 1:59.88 in Madrid.[6]
She competed for Spain at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres. She ran an indoors personal best in her qualifying heat with a time of 2:00.56.[7]
International competitions[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Spain
| |||||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 4th | 800 m i | 2:00.87 |
| European Games | Chorzów, Poland | 9th | 800 m | 2:00.86 | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 55th (h) | 800 m | 2:06.33 | |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 11th (sf) | 800 m i | 2:00.73 |
Personal life[edit]
Ibarzabal was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria but is now based in Madrid and trains in Valladolid.[8] She studied engineering at the University of Southern California.[1] Her father, Daniel Ibarzabal, is from Zumarraga in Gipuzkoa province of the Basque country. Her mother, Patricia Padorno, was a middle-distance runner in the 1980s.[1] Her maternal grandfather is a Spanish poet Manuel Padorno.[9]
National titles[edit]
- Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
- 800 metres: 2021, 2023, 2024
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Lorea Ibarzabal se proclama campeona de España de 800 metros". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Lorea Ibarzabal, segunda mejor marca española de siempre en 800". Marca (in Spanish). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Hidalgo, Santiago (26 February 2023). "Una relación idílica de 800 metros con Valladolid". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Adrián Ben y Lorea Ibarzabal son finalistas del 800". Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Adrián Ben, oro europeo indoor en los 800 metros por tres milésimas!". Marca (in Spanish). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (25 July 2023). "World qualifiers in Europe for Isabelle Boffey and Ami Pipi". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Mechaal se apunta al desafío ante Ingebrigtsen en la esperada final de 3.000". La Provincia (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ López, Karel (17 March 2021). "Atletismo: Lorea Ibarzabal: una artista sobre la pista que lleva el arte en la sangre". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
