Marta Serrano Azpiazu
Personal information
Born (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)3000m, 5000m, 3000m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m: 9:20.16 (Barcelona, 2023)
5000m: 15:27.06 (Nerja, 2023)
3000m Steeplechase: 9:26.35 (Torrent, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo3000 m steeplechase

Marta Serrano Azpiazu (born 5 April 2003) is a Spanish track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner and a steeplechaser.[1]

Career

From Madrid, she broke the Spanish U20 record for the 3000m steeplechase in 2022 at the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, running 9:59.97. In May 2023, Serrano set a new national U23 record for the 5000m when she clocked 15:27.06 in Malaga.[2] Two weeks later, she lowered her personal best for the 3000m steeplechase, and broke the Spanish U23 record when she ran 9:27.07 in Budapest.[3]

Serrano won a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023.[4] At the Spanish national championships in July 2023 she lowered the record again, recording a time of 9:26.35.[5]

Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she finished ninth in her heat, running 9:31.82.[6]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Spanish international runneres Antonio Serrano[7] and Natalia Azpiazu.

References

  1. "Marta Serrano". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. "Marta Serrano reaffirms herself as the future of the fund: Record of Spain sub'23". sport.es. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. "Marta Serrano assaults the Spanish Sub'23 Record of 3,000 obstacles in Hungary!". sport.es. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. "2 Silvers and a bronze". Marca. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. "Marta Serrano breaks in with two records in the Spanish Championships". Archysport. July 29, 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. Molina, Javier Cid (21 July 2023). "Marta Serrano, European bronze in 3,000 sub-23 obstacles: "I want to follow my father's example"". yosoynoticia.es.


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