Ana Prieto

Ana Prieto Benítez
Personal information
Nationality Spain
Born (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 51.75 (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2026 Toruń 4 × 400 m relay
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2026 Gaborone 4 × 400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Bergen 4x400 m relay

Ana Prieto Benítez (born 17 October 2005) is a Spanish sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres.[1]

Biography

She is from Algeciras and Los Barrios in Andalusia and trains under athletics coach Saúl Sáez as a member of Algeciras Bay Athletics Club.[2][3]

She competed for Spain at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, reaching the final of the 400 metres, placing seventh overall.[4][5]

Competing at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, in July 2025 she won a silver medal as a member of the Spanish women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which finished behind Great Britain.[6][7] She had previously placed fourth in the 400 metres at the Championships, running a personal best 51.75 seconds in the final.[8]

She was selected as part of the Spanish team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, and she ran in the women's 4 x 400 metres race.[9][10]

In March 2026, she was selected for the Spanish relay team for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, winning the bronze medal with the women's 4 x 400 m relay team.[11][12] Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays, she ran as part of the women’s 4 x 400 m team which won their heat in 3:24.44, just 31 hundredths of a second shy of the Spanish record, and qualifying for the final.[13] The following day, she ran as the Spanish quartet achieved a 3:21.25 national record to win the silver medal in the women’s 4 x 400m final.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Ana Prieto". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ^ "The 'barreña' Ana Prieto, runner-up in the European Under-23 Championship with the national 4x400 meter relay". Europasur.es. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Algeciras natives Ana Prieto and Alejandro Rueda will compete in the European Under-20 Athletics Championships". Diarioarea. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Ana Prieto (Bahia), from Los Barrios, finalist in the 400m at the European under-20 championships". Europasur.es. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  6. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Great Britain and Spain win thrilling 4x400m finals in European U23 records". European Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ^ "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  11. ^ "USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Spain's 22 picks for Kujawy Pomorze". atletismorfea.es. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Spanish relays unleash their potential in Gaborone". Atletismorfea.es. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  14. ^ "Norway run world lead to win women's 4x400m in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

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