Jaël Bestué

Jaël Bestué
nation	Spain
birthday	24th September 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Barcelona , Spain
size	160 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
society	FC Barcelona
Trainer	Ricardo Diéguez
status	active
Medal table
U20 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U18 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
U20 European Championships bronze Borås 2019 100 m  U18 world championships silver Nairobi 2017 200 m
last change: July 12, 2020

Jaël Bestué (born September 24, 2000 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish sprinter .

Athletic career

Jaël Bestué gained her first international experience in 2016 when she finished fourth in the 200-meter run in 24.13 s at the European Youth Championships, which were held for the first time in Tbilisi . The following year she won the silver medal at the U18 World Championships in Nairobi in 23.61 s and then finished seventh in the U20 European Championships in Grosseto in 45.33 s with the Spanish 4 x 100 meter relay. In 2018 she reached the semi-finals of the U20 World Championships in Tampere and was eliminated there with 23.68 s. In addition, she took part for the first time in the European Championships in Berlin , where she was eliminated with 23.92 s in the run-up. Also at the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2019 in Glasgow , she failed in the 60-meter run with 7.41 s in the first round. Then she won the bronze medal in the 100-meter run at the U20 European Championships in Borås in 11.59 s and was disqualified with the relay in the final.

In 2018 and 2019 Bestué was the Spanish champion in the 200-meter run and in 2015, 2016 and 2019 in the 4-by-100-meter relay. In the hall, she became champion over 60 meters in 2019.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 11.43 s (+1.4 m / s), July 18, 2019 in Borås
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.32 s, February 8, 2019 in Madrid
• 200 meters: 23.31 s (+1.0 m / s), July 22, 2018 in Getafe
  • 200 meters (hall): 23.52 s, February 15, 2020 in Salamanca

Web links

• Jael Bestué in the database of World Athletics (English)