María Vicente
María Vicente García (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish athlete specialising in combined events and triple jump. She is the holder of the U18 World Best in pentathlon, as well as the senior Spanish national record in pentathlon[2] and heptathlon.[3]
![]() María Vicente in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 March 2001 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain[1] |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Heptathlon, Triple jump |
| Club | C.D. Nike Running |
| Coached by | Ramón Cid |
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing | |||||
| 2017 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Győr, Hungary | 1st | Triple jump | 13.72 m |
| World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | Heptathlon U18 | 5612 pts | |
| 2018 | European U18 Championships | Győr, Hungary | 1st | Heptathlon U18 | 6221 pts WYB |
| 1st | Triple jump | 13.95 m | |||
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 25th (q) | Triple jump | 13.50 m | |
| Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Triple jump | 13.76 m | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th | Pentathlon | 4363 pts |
| European U20 Championships | Borås, Sweden | 1st | Heptathlon | 6115 pts NR | |
| 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | - | Pentathlon | DNF |
| European Team Championships | Chorzow, Poland | 3rd | Long jump | 6.42 m | |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 18th | Heptathlon | 6117 pts | |
Personal bests
- Outdoor
- 200 m: 23.03 s (+0.5 m/s)
- Long jump: 6.54 m (-1.9 m/s)
- Triple jump: 13.95 m (+1.1m/s)
- Heptathlon: 6304 points NR
- Heptathlon U18: 6221 points
- Indoor
- Long jump: 6.70 m
- Triple jump: 13.71 m
- Pentathlon: 4582 points NR
- Pentathlon U18: 4371 points WR U18
Personal life
Vicente's father was born in Cuba, while her mother is from Huélamo, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha.[4]
References
- RFEA profile
- Miranda, Daniel (16 February 2019). "Histórica María Vicente: récord de España de pentatlón". Diario AS (in Spanish).
- "Vicente prevails in a pulsating heptathlon with 6115 points". European Athletics. 19 July 2019.
- Arribas, Carlos (7 July 2018). "María Vicente, el prodigio que llegó de Cuenca". El País (in Spanish).
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