Idaira Prieto

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Idaira Prieto
Personal information
Born (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 28)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
Long distance running, Cross country running

Idaira Prieto (born 17 August 1997) is a Spanish long-distance runner. She became Spanish champion over 10,000 metres in 2025. [1]

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Career

Prieto competed as a junior athlete for the Athletics Technical Specialization Center (CETA) and the CAS Ciudad de Segovia. [2] [3] She later ran for the Bilbao Santutxu Athletics Club, and in 2018 became the cross country running champion of Castilla y León, also winning the under-23 category at the race. [4]

She won the Castilla y Leon cross country championship title in January 2024. [5] She won the Urban Mile of Barco road race in September 2024. [6] Later that year, she made her senior debut competing for Spain at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Spain. [7]

Prieto competed Spain over 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [8] [9] Prieto won the Spanish national title over 10,000 metres in May 2025, running a personal best time of 32:50.75. [10] [11] In September 2025, she competed over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final. [12] [13]

Personal life

From Segovia, [3] Prieto is the daughter of Spanish distance runner Antonio Prieto. [13]

References

  1. "Idaira Prieto". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. "Idaira Prieto Suárez consigue el triunfo absoluto femenino en la Carrera de Valbuena de Duero". imdsg.es. Oct 19, 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Idaira Prieto achieves the minimum for the Spanish Junior 1,500m Championship". elnortedecastilla.es. 12 Jan 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. "Idaira Prieto is proclaimed absolute and promising champion of Castilla y León". segoviaaldia.es. 4 Feb 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. "Idaira Prieto y la terapia del cross: «Me ha devuelto la seguridad»". elnortedecastilla.es. 17 Jan 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. "Idaira Prieto and Abderrahman El Kayami, absolute winners of the 36th Urban Mile of the Boat". Osil.info. September 15, 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. "SpainAthletics with an exciting team at the Antalya Eurocross". atletismorfea.es. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. "Six athletes from Castile and Leon are on the list for the European Championships". diariodevalladolid.es. 26 Feb 2025.
  9. "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. "Spanish 10,000 metres championship". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. Garcia, Alvaro (10 May 2025). "Idaira Prieto and Eduardo Menacho are crowned Spanish 10,000m champions in Mahón". Runners World. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  12. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Echoes from Tokyo: how two Spanish families closed a circle 34 years in the making". World Athletics. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.