Idaira Prieto
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 September 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running |
Idaira Prieto (born 17 August 1997) is a Spanish long-distance runner. She became Spanish champion over 10,000 metres in 2025.[1]
Career
Prieto competed as a junior athlete for the Athletics Technical Specialization Center (CETA) and the CAS Ciudad de Segovia.[2][3] She later ran for the Bilbao Santutxu Athletics Club, and in 2018 became the cross country running champion of Castilla y León, also winning the under-23 category at the race.[4]
She won the Castilla y Leon cross country championship title in January 2024.[5] She won the Urban Mile of Barco road race in September 2024.[6] Later that year, she made her senior debut competing for Spain at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Spain.[7]
Prieto competed Spain over 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[8][9] Prieto won the Spanish national title over 10,000 metres in May 2025, running a personal best time of 32:50.75.[10][11] In September 2025, she competed over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[12][13]
On 16 November, she placed fourth at the Cross Internacional de Soria on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour.[14] In December, she placed sevententh at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal, in the senior women's race.[15]
Personal life
From Segovia,[3] Prieto is the daughter of Spanish distance runner Antonio Prieto.[13]
References
- ^ "Idaira Prieto". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Idaira Prieto Suárez consigue el triunfo absoluto femenino en la Carrera de Valbuena de Duero". imdsg.es. Oct 19, 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Idaira Prieto achieves the minimum for the Spanish Junior 1,500m Championship". elnortedecastilla.es. 12 Jan 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Idaira Prieto is proclaimed absolute and promising champion of Castilla y León". segoviaaldia.es. 4 Feb 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Idaira Prieto y la terapia del cross: «Me ha devuelto la seguridad»". elnortedecastilla.es. 17 Jan 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Idaira Prieto and Abderrahman El Kayami, absolute winners of the 36th Urban Mile of the Boat". Osil.info. September 15, 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "SpainAthletics with an exciting team at the Antalya Eurocross". atletismorfea.es. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Six athletes from Castile and Leon are on the list for the European Championships". diariodevalladolid.es. 26 Feb 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Spanish 10,000 metres championship". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ Garcia, Alvaro (10 May 2025). "Idaira Prieto and Eduardo Menacho are crowned Spanish 10,000m champions in Mahón". Runners World. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Echoes from Tokyo: how two Spanish families closed a circle 34 years in the making". World Athletics. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Amebaw dominates while Kipsang outsprints Kwizera in Soria". World Athletics. 16 Nov 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.