Laia Forcadell

Laia Forcadell
Personal information
Full name	Laia Forcadell Arenas
Nationality	Spain
Born	6 June 1982 (age 41); Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres, 400 metres hurdles
Club	ISS L'Hospitalet
Coached by	Armando Álvarez Anaya
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 54.68 s (2008); 400 m hurdles: 56.24 s (2008)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Spain
Ibero-American Championships

Laia Forcadell Arenas (born June 6, 1982 in Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia) is a female Spanish sprinter and hurdler.^[1] She won the gold medal for the 400 m hurdles at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and bronze at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain.^[2]

Forcadell represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 400 m hurdles. She ran in the fourth heat against six other athletes, including Poland's Anna Jesień and Czech Republic's Zuzana Hejnová, who were both considered top medal contenders in this event. She finished the race in last place by eighty-eight hundredths of a second (0.88) behind Trinidad and Tobago's Josanne Lucas, with a time of 58.64 seconds. Forcadell failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-sixth overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round.^[3]

Forcadell is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Track Club in Barcelona, Spain, being coached and trained by Armando Álvarez Anaya.

Competition record[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19th (h)	400m hurdles	88.69
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.01
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	5th	400 m hurdles	57.72
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.73
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	9th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.78
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m hurdles	57.26
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	23rd (h)	400 m hurdles	57.81
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	13th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.93
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.64
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	6th	400 m hurdles	57.85
2009	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	32nd (h)	400 m hurdles	58.57
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	3rd	400 m hurdles	57.73
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	30th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.80

References[edit]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laia Forcadell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
^ "Spain finishes second at Ibero-American Championships". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laia Forcadell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

[2] "Spain finishes second at Ibero-American Championships". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

[3] "Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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