Marta Galimany

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Marta Galimany
Personal information
Full nameMarta Galimany Guasch
Born (1985-10-05) 5 October 1985 (age 40)
Valls, Spain
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event
Marathon

Marta Galimany Guasch (born 5 October 1985) is a Spanish long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. [1]

Contents

Personal bests

Outdoor [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2016 World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff, United Kingdom 53rdHalf marathon 1:15:37
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 2ndHalf marathon 1:15:16
European Championships Berlin, Germany 24thMarathon 2:38:25
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 16thMarathon 2:47:45
2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland 33rdHalf marathon 1:11:08
2021 European 10,000 m Cup Birmingham, United Kingdom24th10,000 m 34:05.69
Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 37thMarathon 2:35:39
2022 Ibero-American Championships Torrevieja, Spain3rdHalf marathon 1:13:23
European Championships Munich, Germany11thMarathon 2:31:14
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 38thMarathon 2:37:10

2018 World half marathon controversy

In 2018, both Carles Castillejo and Marta Galimany were selected by the Spanish National Athletics Federation to compete in the World Half Marathon Championships, among other five athletes per sex, being held in Valencia later that year. However, two days before the race, it was announced that a mistake took place by the federation while reading the rule book for that championships, and that the event only accepted 5 athletes per nation. Therefore, both Marta and Carles were ejected from the national team and could not compete in the event, what caused a massive controversy. [3]

References

  1. "Marta Galimany". RFEA.
  2. "Marta Galimany Profile". IAAF .
  3. "Apologies to Marta Galimany and Carles Castillejo". As. 23 March 2018.