In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Uriol.

Álvaro Rafael Martín Uriol (born 18 June 1994 in Llerena) is a Spanish racewalker.[1]

Career

Martín won the gold medals in the 20 km walk and 35 km walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

He won consecutive gold medals in the 20 km walk at the European Athletics Championships in 2018 and 2022 European Athletics Championships.

Martín won a winning a gold and bronze medal in the mixed marathon walk relay and 20 km walk at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[2]

He also competed in the 20 km walk at the Olympic Games in 2012 in London (DNF), 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (22nd) and 2020 in Tokyo (4th).[3][4]

Martín announced his retirement after the Olympic Games in Paris.[5]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Spain
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 9th 10,000 m 47:04
2011 World Youth Championships Lille Métropole, France 8th 10,000 m 42:27
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 10,000 m 40:35
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom — 20 km DNF
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 3rd 10,000 m 41:13
World Championships Moscow, Russian Federation 24th 20 km 1:25:12
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 19th 20 km 1:20:39
Mediterranean U23 Championships Aubagne, France 1st 10,000 m 42:50
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 6th 20 km 1:21:41
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd 20 km 1:24:51
World Championships Beijing, China 16th 20 km 1:22:04
2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 20 km 1:19:36
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22nd 20 km 1:22:11
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 20 km 1:19:41
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 8th 20 km 1:23:22
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 20 km 1:20:42
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 22nd 20 km 1:33:20
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 4th 20 km 1:21.46
2022 World Race Walking Team Championships Muscat, Oman 2nd 35 km 2:36:54
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 1st 10,000 m 39:24.20
World Championships Eugene, United States 7th 20 km 1:20:19
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 20 km 1:19:11
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 20 km 1:17:32
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd 20 km 1:19:11
1st Mixed marathon walk relay 2:50:31

References

  1. ^ "Alvaro Martin". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. ^ "20km race walk champion Pintado takes first athletics gold of Paris 2024 Olympic Games | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's 20km Race Walk Results". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alvaro Martín". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "World and Olympic champion Martín retires". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 August 2024.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mart%C3%ADn_(race_walker)
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