David Barroso

David Barroso

Personal information
Born	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:43.95 (Fribourg, 2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  ESP Summer World University Games 2025 Bochum 800 m

David Barroso (born 21 August 2001) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He won the 800 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games and was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Early life

He is from Extremadura. ^[2] He graduated in Physical Activity and Sport and studied for a Master's Degree in Physical and Sports Performance at the Pablo de Olavide University. ^[3]

Career

He runs as a member of Capex in Zafra. He was Spanish under-20 champion in the 800 metres in 2020 and Spanish under-23 champion over that distance in 2022. ^[4] That year, he ran a personal best 1:48.47 for the 800m at the Spanish championships. ^[5]

He set a personal best twice in May 2025; running the 800 metres in 1:45.39 in Castellón and then improving to 1:45.27 in Nerja, in a race in which that he claimed notable victories over his more-storied compatriots Mariano García and Josué Canales. ^[4] He competed for Spain at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, winning the gold medal in the 800 metres in 1:47.64. ^{[6] [7]}

He finished fourth at the Spanish Athletics Championships in August 2025 over 800m, one hundredth of-a-second behind Pablo Sánchez-Valladares, but ran a new personal best of 1:43.95 the following week in Fribourg, a time that was better than Sánchez-Valladares' lifetime best which had also set that summer. As a result, he was selected ahead of Sánchez-Valladares for the third spot in the 800 metres for the Spanish team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[8] He went on to reach the semi-finalis in Tokyo in the men's 800 metres. ^[9]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing   Spain
2022	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Pescara, Italy	3rd	800 m	1:47.71
2023	Mediterranean Indoor U23 Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	800 m i	1:52.89
2025	World University Games	Bochum, Germany	1st	800 m	1:47.64
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	12th (sf)	800 m	1:44.27

References

1. "David Barroso". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
2. "David Barroso, from Capex, from Extremadura, won gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". Ondacero.es. 28 July 2025.
3. "UPO student David Barroso wins gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". upo.es. July 30, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
4. Perez, Ismael (5 June 2025). "David Barroso, who defeated Canales and Mariano, and Carlos Sáez joined the middle distance party in Nerja". Runnersworld. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
5. "Oliveira athlete David Barroso achieves a new record for Extremadura". olivafrontera.com. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
6. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
7. "David Barroso wins gold at the World University Games in Germany". Hoy.es. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
8. "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.
9. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.