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| Born | 20 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pol Oriach (born 20 September 2002) is a Spanish middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]
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Pol Oriach (born 20 September 2002) is a Spanish middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]
Oriach is from Aragón, and won the silver medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary. [2] The following year, he won the gold medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, Azerbaijan. [3]
In 2021, he won the 3000m steeplechase at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in 8:41.36. That summer, he also ran 3:37.67 for the 1500m at the age 18 years-old. [4] The year, he finished in fourth place in the 1500m race at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, in 3:40.36. [5] In December, he finished fourth in the U20 race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [6]
At the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, he competed for Spain in the mixed relay. [7] Competing in the 1500m at the Ibero-American Meeting in Huelva in June 2023, Oriach lowered his personal best to 3:36.24. [8] In July, he finished fifth in the 1500 meters at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in 3:44.85. [9] That month, he also finished fifth over that distance at the senior Spanish Athletics Championships. [10]
In his final year of eligibility at that level he won the Spanish under-23 title over 1500 metres in July 2024. [11] In December 2024, his Spanish team placed fifth in the U23 team race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [12]
In February 2025, Oriach became Spanish indoor champion in the 3000 metres, running 7:57.47 to win his first senior Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships title. [13]
In July, he finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany. [14] He was selected for the Spanish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [15]
