Marta Serrano

Marta Serrano Azpiazu

Personal information
Born	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	3000m, 5000m, 3000m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	3000m: 9:20.16 (Barcelona, 2023) 5000m: 15:27.06 (Nerja, 2023) 3000m Steeplechase: 9:26.35 (Torrent, 2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Spain European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo 3000 m steeplechase

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]

Career

Serrano is a member of Valencia Athletics Club, having joined the club in 2017. She initially competed in combined events before focusing on steeplechase in 2021. ^[2] 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. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

Serrano won a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023. ^[5] She became the national champion by winning the Spanish Athletics Championships in July 2023, and in doing so lowered the national U23 record again, recording a time of 9:26.35. At the age of 20 years-old, she also became the youngest ever winner of the title. ^{[6] [7]}

Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she finished ninth in her heat, running 9:31.82. ^[8]

She competed in the U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships, helping Spain to finish fourth overall in the team race. ^[9] She ran an indoors personal best over 3000 meters, running 8:53.97 in Valencia in February 2025. ^[10]

Personal life

She was born in Madrid. She is the daughter of Spanish international runners Antonio Serrano, who represented Spain at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, and Natalia Azpiazu. ^{[11] [2]}

References

1. "Marta Serrano". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. Molina, Javier Cid (21 July 2023). "Marta Serrano, European bronze in 3,000 sub-23 obstacles: "I want to follow my father's example"". yosoynoticia.es. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
3. "Marta Serrano reaffirms herself as the future of the fund: Record of Spain sub'23". sport.es. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
4. "Marta Serrano assaults the Spanish Sub'23 Record of 3,000 obstacles in Hungary!". sport.es. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
5. "2 Silvers and a bronze". Marca. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
6. "Marta Serrano breaks in with two records in the Spanish Championships". Archysport. July 29, 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
7. "Marta Serrano breaks into the Spanish Championships with two records". Levante-emv.com (in Spanish). 28 July 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
8. "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
9. "Maria Forero, runner-up in the European Under-23 Cross Country Championships in Antalya". Visibilitas.com. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
10. "Quique Llopis brings Valencia to its feet and nearly breaks the Spanish record in the 60m hurdles". Nostresport.com (in Spanish). 8 Feb 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
11. "Everything you need to know about the Spanish team at the European Championships in Antalya". 5 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.