Sara Gallego Explained

Sara Gallego
Birth Name:	Sara Gallego Sotelo
Nationality:	Spanish
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	400 metres hurdles
Birth Date:	11 October 2000
Birth Place:	Barcelona

Sara Gallego Sotelo (born 11 October 2000) is a Spanish athlete. She is the Spanish national record holder over 400 metres hurdles.^[1] In 2021, Gallego ran 55.20 to win silver at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn. In doing so, Gallego broke the national record held previously by Cristina Pérez and set 33 years previously.^[2]

In May 2022, Gallego lowered her national record to 54.87 in Alicante. Two weeks after that, at the Spanish Championship, Gallego lowered her own national record again with a run of 54.34.^{[3] [4]}

At the 2022 IAAF World Championship in Eugene, Oregon, Gallego qualified for the semi-finals with a run of 55.09. Gallego did not reach the final but only ran 15 hundredth's of a second outside her personal best as she finished behind Femke Bol and Britton Wilson.^[5]

International competitions

Representing
2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	3rd	400 m hurdles	58.73
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	4th	400 m hurdles	57.11
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.25
2019	European U20 Championships	Borås, Sweden	3rd	400 m hurdles	57.44
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.92
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.20
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.54
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	22nd (h)	400 m	53.13
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.56
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.72
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.49
			11th (h)	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:16.14
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	400 m hurdles	54.97
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.70

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sara GALLEGO | Profile . Worldathletics.org. 21 July 2022.
2. Web site: Sara Gallego: prodigy on the fences and family 'hare'. Ryan. Barclay. Blazetrends.com. 12 January 2022. 21 July 2022.
3. Web site: Sara Gallego is crowned with a record in Nerja to dream big. George. Williams. 25 June 2022. Sportsfinding.com. 21 July 2022.
4. Web site: Sara Gallego smashes the Spanish record of 400 meters hurdles. Michael. Duke. Newsbruit.com. 25 June 2022. 21 July 2022.
5. Web site: De Arriba and Mariano advance in 800 and Sara Gallego brushed her record – World News . Taketonews.com. 21 July 2022. 21 July 2022.