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| Born | 5 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000m, 5000m, 3000m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 9:20.16 (Barcelona, 2023) 5000m: 15:27.06 (Nerja, 2023) 3000m Steeplechase: 9:26.35 (Torrent, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Marta Serrano Azpiazu (born 5 April 2003) is a Spanish track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner and a steeplechaser. [1]
From Madrid, she broke the Spanish U20 record for the 3000m steeplechase in 2022 at the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, running 9:59.97. In May 2023, Serrano set a new national U23 record for the 5000m when she clocked 15:27.06 in Malaga. [2] Two weeks later, she lowered her personal best for the 3000m steeplechase, and broke the Spanish U23 record when she ran 9:27.07 in Budapest. [3]
Serrano won a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023. [4] At the Spanish national championships in July 2023 she lowered the record again, recording a time of 9:26.35. [5]
Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she finished ninth in her heat, running 9:31.82. [6]
She competed in the U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships, helping Spain to finish fourth overall in the team race. [7]
She is the daughter of Spanish international runners Antonio Serrano and Natalia Azpiazu. [8] [9]
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