Esther Desviat Explained

Esther Desviat Ponce (born 27 January 1982 in Madrid) is a Spanish athlete specialising in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at one outdoor and three indoor World Championships. She won the 800 metres bronze at the 2003 European U23 Championships.

Competition record

Representing
1998	World Youth Games	Moscow, Russia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:07.05
			5th	relay	3:58.88
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	7th	800 m	2:16.23
	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	13th (h)	800 m	2:08.92
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	5th	800 m	2:06.55
			–	1500 m	DNF
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th (h)	800 m	2:08.10
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	7th (h)	800 m	2:02.86
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	12th (h)	800 m	2:04.96
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	800 m	2:05.38
	World Championships	Paris, France	20th (h)	800 m	2:03.42
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	18th (h)	800 m	2:05.66
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	7th	800 m	2:04.29
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	17th (h)	800 m	2:05.48
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	6th	800 m	2:03.75
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	23rd (h)	800 m	2:07.11
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14th (h)	1500 m	4:21.07
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	18th (h)	1500 m	4:33.71
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	11th (h)	1500 m	4:12.94

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 2:00.76 (Lausanne 2003)
• 1500 metres – 4:11.79 (Castellón 2009)
• 3000 metres – 9:44.68 (Arganda del Rey 2014)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:02.52 (Seville 2003)
• 1000 metres – 2:41.04 (Madrid 2005)
• 1500 metres – 4:10.64 (Valencia 2009)
• 3000 metres – 9:20.59 (Valencia 2010)

References

• RFEA profile