Marta Pérez (athlete)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Miguel.

Marta Pérez Miguel (born 19 April 1993) is a Spanish middle-distance runner who holds the national record in the 1500 meters. She competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, running the 1500 meters.

Marta Pérez

Pérez in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Marta Pérez Miguel
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1993-04-19) 19 April 1993 Soria, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	1500 metres
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing Spain Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 1500 m

In the first round on Aug. 6, she finished as the last qualifier in Heat 3. She advanced to the semi-final 1500 meter race on Aug. 8. Running in heat 3, she stayed behind the Ethiopian leaders, but ran within reach of the top six. At the final lap, Perez was in 10th place, but kept increasing speed on the backstretch, finishing in eighth with a new national record: 3:57.75. She did not advance, though her countrywoman Águeda Marqués did after finishing sixth in the slower semi-final heat 1.

She also competed for Spain in the women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, and she won bronze in the same event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	20th (h)	1500 m	4:23.57
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	15th (h)	1500 m	4:19.74
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	7th	1500 m	4:14.21
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	17th (h)	1500 m	4:17.24
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	21st (h)	1500 m	4:05.82
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	12th (h)	1500 m	4:09.90
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	3rd	1500 m	4:15.66
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th	1500 m	4:07.65
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	1500 m	4:13.56
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th (sf)	1500 m	4:10.45
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	4th	1500 m	4:20.39
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th	1500 m	4:00.12
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	10th	1500 m	4:10.23
			16th	3000 m	8:57.81
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	11th	1500 m	4:04.25
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	19th (h)	1500 m	4:07.82
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	7th	3000 m	8:49.19
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	18th (sf)	1500 m	4:02.96
	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	6th	Road Mile	4:34.12
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	13th (h)	1500 m	4:12.27
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	6th	1500 m	4:06.32
	2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	6th	Semi-Final in the 1500 m	3:57.75

External links

• Marta Pérez at World Athletics
• Marta Pérez at Olympics.com
• Marta Pérez at Olympedia
• Marta Pérez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)