| Edymar Brea Abreu | |
| Nationality: | Venezuelan |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 5000m, 10000m |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1997 |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Pb: | 5000m: 15:41.30 (Nerja 2023) 10000m: 32:29.73 (Burjassot 2023) |
Edymar Brea Abreu (born 3 March 1997) is a Venezuelan long-distance runner. She is a double South American champion, over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is also the Venezuelan national record holder in the 10,000 metres.[1]
Brea's sister, Joselyn Brea, is also a world class athlete. The two competed together in the 5000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[2] Edymar moved to Galicia in Spain in 2016 and is based in Pontevedra. Her sister and mother across made the move to Spain.[3]
In 2021, Brea set a new national record in the 10,000 metres, running 33:09:93 in the Spanish town of Torrevieja. The previous Venezuelan record had belonged to her sister Joselyn, who had set 34:10.63 five years previously in Maia, Portugal.[4] [5]
She became a double champion at the 2021 South American Games, winning both the 5000m and 10,000m in 2021 in Guayaquil.[6]
In March 2023, Brea lowered her national record in the 10,000 metres in Burjassot, Spain. She set a time of 32:29:73 to break her own mark of two years previously.[7]