Álvaro Martín

Álvaro Martín
Álvaro Martín at the 2015 European Walker Cup
nation	Spain
birthday	18th June 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Llerena , Spain
size	181 cm
Weight	62 kg
Career
discipline	20 km walk
Best performance	1:19:36 h
society	CAICS
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U23 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 European championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
European championships gold Berlin 2018 1:20:42 h  U23 European Championships silver Tallinn 2015 1:24:51 h  Junior European Championships bronze Rieti 2013 41:13 min
last change: June 29, 2019

Álvaro Martín Uriol (born June 18, 1994 in Llerena , Badajoz province ) is a Spanish walker . His greatest sporting success to date includes winning the 2018 European Championships in Berlin over the 20 km distance , in which he has specialized.

Athletic career

Martín has been participating in international competitions since 2010. At the Youth Olympic Games, which were held for the first time in Singapore , he finished 9th over the 10,000 meter distance. A year later he came in eighth place at the World Youth Championships in Lille , followed by fifth place at the World Junior Championships in Paris . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he took part in a major international event among adults for the first time, but was unable to finish the race there.

In 2013 he won the bronze medal over the 10,000 meter distance at the European Junior Championships . A month later he took part in the World Championships in Moscow and finished 24th over twice the distance. A year later, he finished sixth at the European Championships in Zurich .

At the U23 European Championships in 2015 in Tallinn , he won the silver medal over the 20 km distance, before taking part in the World Championships again, just like two years earlier . There he ran to 16th place and improved his time compared to his last appearance at the World Championships by more than three minutes.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , despite a similar time as at the World Championships the year before, he did not get past 22nd place. Previously, in May 2016, he set his current best time of 1:19:36 h over the 20 km distance at a meeting in Rome . He almost confirmed this time at the 2017 World Championships , which earned him eighth place.

In 2018 he achieved his greatest sporting success to date with his victory over the 20 km distance in 1:20:42 h at the European Championships in Berlin . A year later he finished 22nd at the World Championships in Doha in 1:33:20 h.

Major competitions

Starts for Spain
2010	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	9.	Walking 10 kilometers	47: 04.10 min
2011	U18 youth world championships	Lille	8th.	Walking 10 kilometers	42: 27.28 min
2012	U20 Junior World Championships	Barcelona	5.	Walking 10 kilometers	40: 35.52 min
	Olympic Summer Games	London		20-kilometer walk	DNF
2013	U20 European Junior Championships	Rieti	3.	Walking 10 kilometers	41: 13.95 min
	World championships	Moscow	24.	20-kilometer walk	1:25:12 h
2014	European championships	Zurich	6th	20-kilometer walk	1:21:41 h
2015	U23 European Championships	Tallinn	2.	20-kilometer walk	1:24:51 h
	World championships	Beijing	16.	20-kilometer walk	1:22:04 h
2016	Olympic Summer Games	Rio de Janeiro	22nd	20-kilometer walk	1:22:11 h
2017	World championships	London	8th.	20-kilometer walk	1:19:41 h
2018	European championships	Berlin	1.	20-kilometer walk	1:20:42 h
2019	World championships	Doha	22nd	20-kilometer walk	1:33:20 h

Personal best

• Walking 10 kilometers: 39: 23.51 min, July 24, 2016, Gijón
• 20-kilometer walk : 1:19:36 h, May 7, 2016, Rome
• 50 km walk : 3: 57.24 h, February 16, 2020, Torrevieja

Web links

• Álvaro Martín in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Alvaro Martín in the database of European Athletics (English)