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Blanca Hervás
Personal information
Full nameBlanca Hervás Rodríguez
NationalitySpanish
Born (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 22)
Madrid, Spain
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 24.30 (Louisville, 2024)
400m:: 51.68 (Madrid, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 4x400 m relay

Blanca Hervás Rodríguez[a] (born 30 September 2002) is a Spanish sprinter.[1]

Career

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In July 2023, she was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team which won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[2][3]

Hervás was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[4][5]

Hervás was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[6] Her Spanish 4x400m relay team qualified for the final and placed seventh overall.[7][8] They set a new Spanish national record time 3:25.25, more than two seconds lower than the previous national best.[9]

Hervás ran a personal best time for the 400 metres of 51.68 seconds in Madrid on 21 June 2024.[10] On 29 June 2024, she came second at the Spanish championships over 400 metres in La Nucia.[11] She was officially selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in July 2024.[12]

Personal life

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From Majadahonda in Madrid, she attended the University of Miami in the United States.[13][14]

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hervás and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

References

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  1. ^ "Blanca Hervas". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Cordoba native Carmen Avilés wins bronze at the European Under-23 Championship". Cordopolis. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Berta Segura leads the Spanish 4x400 relay team towards the Paris Games". ccma.cat. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ "#EspañaAtletismo Road to Roma: Preselección definitiva". Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Berta Segura, setena a la final amb el relleu de 4x400". segre. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Historic record of Berta Segura from Lleida at the European Athletics Championships". ccma.cat. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Meeting Madrid 2024". World Athletics. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Spain's list for athletics at the Paris Olympics". sport.es. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ^ "From Madrid to the Paris Games". as.com. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Miami Punches Final Tickets To National Championship". alabamaledger. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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