Carlos Sáez (runner)

Carlos Sáez
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Sáez Sadornil
Born (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle-distance running
ClubAlbacete Athletics Club
Coached byAntonio Serrano
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:45.52 (2025)
1500m: 3:32.28 (2025)
Indoor
800m: 1:51.73 (2020)
1500m: 3:35.94 (2026)
3000m: 8:21.51 (2021)
Road
Mile: 4:17.20 (2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Spain
Ibero-American Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Cuiabá1500 m

Carlos Sáez Sadornil (born 27 January 1999) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He placed eighth over 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Biography

From Valencia, and a member of Albacete Athletics Club, Sáez was the Spanish under-18 800 metres champion but had to overcome a ischemic stroke at the age of 17 years-old after he suffered blow to the head against a buoy while participating in freediving on La Barceloneta beach. His early career was hampered by several injuries, but in 2021 he broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 metres for the first time and became the Spanish under-23 national champion.[2][3][4]

Coached by Antonio Serrano, Sáez placed second at the Spanish Indoor Championships in Orense in February 2024, and won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Cuiaba, Brazil.[3][5]

In June 2025, Sáez ran a 1500 m personal best of 3:25.18 in Nerja.[3] He lowered that best again to 3:32.28 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium in July 2025.[2][6] On 2 August, he was runner-up to Adrian Ben at the Spanish Championships 1500 metres race, running 3:41.35.[7][8] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals, running 3:40.61.[9] Competing on the road, Sáez was runner-up to Isaac Nader at the Berango International Mile on 11 October 2025 in 4:18.[10] That month he also won over the mile in Valladolid, and in Cantabria at the 30th edition of the Costa de Ajo Race in 18:13, ahead of Daniel Arce and Mariano García.[11]

Running for Hoka, Sáez ran an indoor personal best for the 1500 metres of 3:35.94 in Luxembourg in January 2026.[12] He placed third in the 1500 metres at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships in Valencia, running 3:44.86.[13] In March 2026, he qualified for the final, and placed eighth overall, in the 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running 3:42.46 in the final.[14][15][16] In August, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the 1500 metres.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Carlos Saez". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Carlos Sáez makes a statement and Spain could dominate the 1,500m at the World Championships in Tokyo". Runners World. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Rubio, Angel. "Carlos Sáez, the athlete who overcame a stroke at age 17, shines in Nerja". LBCD. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Paya, Rafa (13 September 2025). "From stroke and sleeping 20 hours a day... to the 1,500-meter planetarium on the Tokyo tartan track". as.com. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ibero American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Night of Athletics". World Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Carlos Sáez, runner-up in the Spanish 1,500 meters and with a ticket to the World Championships in Tokyo". ABC. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (14 Oct 2025). "World champion Nader wins on road return". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Carlos Saez in top form and Esther Guerrero win the 30th Costa de Ajo race". Runnersworld. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Madrid Absolute Record for 1500m". atletismomadrid.com. Jan 27, 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Spanish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 27 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "La sélection française". Athle.fr. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "For the First Time Two Spaniards Reach 1,500m Final at World Level". Russpain. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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