Oscar Gaitan
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| Born | Oscar Gaitan Mordillo 20 January 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running, Cross Country running | |||||||||||||||||
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Oscar Gaitan Mordillo (born 20 January 2006) is a Spanish long-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Career
From Plasencia, competing in Duathlon, he was the Extremadura champion in the children's and cadet categories. A member of the Plasemcua Athletics School and coached by Toño Sánchez, Gaitan Mordillo was runner-up over 3000 metres in the Spanish Indoor Under-16 Championships in March 2021 in Oviedo, in his first indoor race at the age of 15 years-old.[2]
In May 2023, Gaitan won the 2023 World Mountain Running Association U18 World Mountain Running Cup.[3]
In January 2025, Gaitan became the Spanish Under-20 Cross Country Champion.[4] In May 2025, Gaitan won the Spanish U20 5000 metres title, breaking the championship record with a time of 14:07.96.[5][6] In July 2025, Gaitan won the 3000 metres at the Spanish U20 Championships in Villafranca de los Barros.[7] The following month, he placed fourth over 5000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[8][9]
Gaitan won individual silver and team bronze at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal, on 14 December 2025.[10]
Personal life
Gaitan took part in many sports such as football, taekwondo, cycling, before focusing at the of age 13 years-old on athletics. As a teenager, Gaitán was the bone marrow transplant donor for his twin brother, Carlos, who was diagnosed with aplastic anemia.[11]
References
- ^ "Oscar Gaitan". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ^ "The new jewel of middle-distance running in Extremadura". Hoy.es. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ^ Brady, Sam (29 May 2023). "Oscar Gaitan – 2023 U18 World Mountain Running Cup male winner". irunfar.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ^ Ortiz, Javier (20 January 2025). "Óscar Gaitán from Plasencia, Spanish Under-20 Cross Country Champion". elperiodicoextremadura.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ^ "Spanish U20/U18 5000m Championships". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ "Óscar Gaitán, Spanish U20 5,000m Champion". Hoy.es. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
- ^ "Spanish U20 Championships". World Athletics. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ "Óscar Gaitán narrowly misses bronze in the 5,000m at the European U20 Championships". Hoy.es. 8 Aug 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (14 Dec 2025). "Double gold for Belgium! Renders kicks to men's U20 gold in Lagoa 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ "The sportiest Plasencia". Planvex.es. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.