Tania Calvo

Tania Calvo

Tania Calvo at the Track Cycling World Cup in Apeldoorn: bronze medal in the time trial (2016)
To person
Full name	Tania Calvo Barbero
Date of birth	June 26, 1992
nation	Spain
discipline	Railway / cross-country
Most important successes
Track cycling world cup 2016/17 1st run in Glasgow - team sprint 2016/17 2nd run in Apeldoorn - team sprint
Last updated: May 7, 2020

Tania Calvo Barbero (born June 26, 1992 in Vitoria-Gasteiz ) is a Spanish track cyclist who specializes in short-term disciplines.

In 2010, Tania Calvo became the Spanish junior champion in cyclo-cross racing , after having finished second the year before. In the same year she became European junior champion in the 500 meter time trial in Saint Petersburg . In 2011 she became three-time Spanish champion on the track, in the sprint , in the time trial and in the team sprint with Ana Usabiaga , in the keirin she was runner-up, the following year she was two-time champion and two-time runner-up.

In 2013 Calvo won the silver medal in the sprint at the European Rail Championships (U23), and the bronze medal the following year. At the UEC European Championships in 2014 for the elite, she was runner-up in the European sprint. In 2015 she won all four national titles in the short-term disciplines; Up to and including 2019 she was Spanish champion 18 times.

In 2016 Tania Calvo was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished 19th in the sprint and 21st in the keirin. Together with Helena Casas , she finished seventh in the team sprint. In the same year, she and Casas won two races in the team sprint at the Track Cycling World Cup 2016/17 . The duo won silver in the team sprint at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships , and Calvo won bronze in the sprint.

successes

2010

• Junior European Champion - 500-meter time trial
• Junior European Championship - Keirin
• Spanish junior champion - cyclo-cross racing

2011

• Spanish Champion - Sprint, 500m Time Trial, Team Sprint (with Ana Usabiaga )

2012

• Spanish champion - 500 meter time trial, team sprint (with Ana Usabiaga )

2013

• U23 European Championship - Sprint, 500-meter time trial

2014

• European Championship - Sprint
• U23 European Championship - Sprint

2015

• Spanish Champion - Sprint, Keirin, 500m Time Trial, Team Sprint (with Ana Usabiaga )

2016

• Track Cycling World Cup 2016/17 in Glasgow - team sprint (with Helena Casas )
• Track Cycling World Cup 2016/17 in Apeldoorn - Team sprint (with Helena Casas )
• European Championship - Team Sprint (with Helena Casas )
• European Championship - Sprint

2017

• Spanish Champion - Keirin, Team Sprint (with Leire Olaberria )

2018

• Spanish champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

2019

• Spanish champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial, two-man team event (with Eukene Larrarte )

2020

• Spanish champion - two-man team driving (with Eukene Larrarte )

Web links

Commons : Tania Calvo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tania Calvo in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Tania Calvo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Tania Calvo on unminutocon.blogspot.de