Álvaro de Arriba López (born 2 June 1994 in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

) is a Spanish

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

specialising in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. He represented his country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final. He won bronze at the

2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2017 at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ...

in Belgrade with a time of 1:49.68. His personal bests in the event are 1:44.85 outdoors (

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2022) and 1:45.43 indoors (

2018).

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* * * * * 1994 births Living people Spanish male middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Salamanca Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics European Athletics Indoor Championships winners 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub