Lorea Ibarzabal

Lorea Ibarzabal
Ibarzabal at the 2026 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameLorea Ibarzabal Padorno
Born (1994-11-07) 7 November 1994
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportAthletics
Event
800 metres
ClubNike
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Lorea Ibarzabal Padorno (born 7 November 1994) is a Spanish Olympian middle-distance runner. She finished fourth in the 800 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Ibarzabal has won multiple Spanish national titles (800 m indoors and outdoors).

Career

In February 2021, after she overcame a significant injury, 26-year-old Lorea Ibarzabal won her first national title, with a victory in the 800 metres at the Spanish Indoor Championships.[1]

In February 2023, she ran the second-fastest time by a Spanish woman ever in the indoor 800 m, clocking 2:01.00 in Metz.[2] The same month, she claimed national indoor 800 m title for the second time.[3] In March, the 28-year-old competed in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul. It was the Ibarzabal's first major competition representing Spain, and she said that the semi-final was additionally emotional for her as she was competing on the birthday of her running partner Bea, who had died four months earlier.[4] In the final she came within 0.02 s of bronze medal, but ran a personal best of 2:00.87 to finish fourth.[5] In July 2023, she broke two minutes for the 800m, running 1:59.88 in Madrid.[6]

Ibarzabal competed for Spain at the 2024 World Indoor Championships over 800 metres. She ran an indoors personal best in her qualifying heat with a time of 2:00.56.[7] She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[8] She was officially selected for the Spanish National Olympic Team. She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[9][10]

In September 2025, she competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11][12]

Ibarzabal reached the semi-finals of the 800 m at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[13][14] On 19 June, 2026, she had a top-ten finish over 800 metres at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.[15] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 800 metres.[16]

Statistics

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
Representing  Spain
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 4th 800 m i 2:00.87
European Games Chorzów, Poland 9th 800 m 2:00.86
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 55th (h) 800 m 2:06.33
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 800 m i 2:00.73
European Championships Rome, Italy 12th (h) 800 m 2:01.15
Olympic Games Paris, France 6th (rep) 800 m 1:59.81
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 9th (h) 800 m i 2:03.50
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 4th (sf) 800 m 2:02.57
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 27th (h) 800 m 2:00.60
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 12th (sf) 800 m 2:00.74
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 20th (h) 800 m 1:59.73

Education

Lorea studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She also holds a master degree in Product Development Engineering from the University of Southern California, a master of science in Biomechanics from the University of Dundee and a third master degree in Big data from the UCAM.

Personal life

Lorea Ibarzabal was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria but is now based in Madrid and trains in Valladolid.[17] [1] Her father, Daniel Ibarzabal, is from Zumarraga in Gipuzkoa province of the Basque country. Her mother, Patricia Padorno, was a middle-distance runner in the 1980s.[1] Her maternal grandfather is the Spanish relevant painter and poet Manuel Padorno.[18]

National titles

  • SPANISH Indoor ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    • 800 metres: 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • SPANISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    • 800 metres: 2023, 2024

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lorea Ibarzabal se proclama campeona de España de 800 metros". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lorea Ibarzabal, segunda mejor marca española de siempre en 800". Marca (in Spanish). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Hidalgo, Santiago (26 February 2023). "Una relación idílica de 800 metros con Valladolid". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Adrián Ben y Lorea Ibarzabal son finalistas del 800". Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Adrián Ben, oro europeo indoor en los 800 metros por tres milésimas!". Marca (in Spanish). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Smythe, Steve (25 July 2023). "World qualifiers in Europe for Isabelle Boffey and Ami Pipi". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "#EspañaAtletismo Road to Roma: Preselección definitiva". Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Spain's list for athletics at the Paris Olympics". sport.es. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  14. ↑ Paya, Rafa (10 March 2026). "Attaoui and Llopis lead a list of 13 athletes... which will be expanded tomorrow". as.com. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Mechaal se apunta al desafío ante Ingebrigtsen en la esperada final de 3.000". La Provincia (in Spanish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  18. ↑ López, Karel (17 March 2021). "Atletismo: Lorea Ibarzabal: una artista sobre la pista que lleva el arte en la sangre". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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