Aldara Meilán
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| Born | 2 October 2006 Lugo, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Race Walking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aldara Meilán (born 2 October 2006) is a Spanish race walker.[1]
Biography
She is from Lugo, in Galicia. Coached by Javier Piñeiro, in 2022 she earned silver in the 5000m race walk at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. The following year, she finished second in the U20 10km at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Poděbrady.[2][3]
She competed for Spain at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya, winning the silver medal in the U20 race, and gold in the team event alongside Sofia Santacreu.[4][2] She won the Spanish U20 championships in the 5km walk in 2024, setting a new championship record time.[5] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[6]
In August, she won the bronze medal in a personal best of 44:15.89 in the women's 10,000m race walk at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.[7]
In April 2026, she won the bronze medal in the individual women's half marathon and silver in the team event at the 2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Brazil.[8]
References
- ↑ "Aldara Meilán". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Santacreu and Meilán dream of joint Spanish success in Lima". World Athletics. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (10 May 2024). "Aldara Meilán, the Lugo native who shines on the asphalt". Atletismorfea.es. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships". World Athletics. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ Viruri, Paul (30 July 2024). "Double silver medal of the JAS at the Spanish Under-20 Championship". Radiosabadell.fm. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "WU20 Lima 24 preview: combined events and race walks". World Athletics. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "Santacreu retains 10,000m race walk title with world lead". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "García wins half marathon as Ukraine edge closest team battle in Brasília". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2026.