Alba Vázquez Ruiz (born 24 February 2002) is a Spanish

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. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the

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. At the 2019 European Junior Championships she won a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley. She won the gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley and the silver medal in the 200 metre individual medley at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She is a former world junior record holder in the 400 metre individual medley.

Early life

Vázquez was born 24 February 2002 in

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."Alba Vazquez: Results"
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Career

2018–2021

2018 Swimming World Cup: Doha

At the

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stop held at the

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, Vázquez won her first medal in the 200 metre breaststroke where she posted a time of 2:30.33 to finish 6.78 seconds behind the gold medalist in the event,

Yuliya Yefimova Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), ...

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, 6.27 seconds behind the silver medalist, Vitalina Simonova of Russia, and win the bronze medal.

(13 September 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Doha: Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

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''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. In the 400 metre individual medley, Vázquez won another bronze medal, finishing only after

Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú (; born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is owner of a Budapest based swim school and swi ...

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and

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of Hungary with her time of 4:48.68.

(14 September 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Doha: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

2019 European Junior Championships

In July 2019, at the

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held at the

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, Russia, Vázquez set a new Championships record in the 400 metre individual medley with her gold medal-winning time of 4:40.64, breaking the former record of 4:40.88 set in 2009 by

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."European Junior Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 1, Summary"
''

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''. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.Sutherland, James (3 July 2019)
"Alba Vazquez Lowers European Junior meet Record In 400 IM"
''

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''. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

2019 World Junior Championships

On the first day of competition, 20 August, of the 2019 World Junior Championships at

Danube Arena The Danube Arena (in Hungarian: ''Duna Aréna'', unofficially ''Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex'') is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017. Design and construction O ...

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, Hungary, Vázquez advanced to the final of the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:43.17 that ranked her first overall.

(20 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. In the final of the 400 metre individual medley later the same day, Vázquez won the

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in the event with a world junior record and Championships record time of 4:38.53, breaking the former records set by Rosie Rudin of

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in 2015.

(20 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021.Race, Retta (20 August 2019)
"Spain's Alba Vazquez Clocks New World Junior Record In Women's 400 IM"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021."Alba Vázquez, campeona y récord mundial júnior de 400 estilos"
(in Spanish). '' El Periódico''. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Her world junior record was the first one set at the 2019 World Junior Championships.Csurka, Gergely (20 August 2019)
"Day 1: Zombori kicked in the party, Ruiz and US free relay set new junior WRs"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. With her swim, Vázquez also became the second fastest female Spaniard in the event in history only behind

Mireia Belmonte ] Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion Swimming (sport), swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200-metre butterfly and 400-metre individual medley. Formerl ...

.Ross, Andy (20 August 2019)
"Alba Vazquez Ruiz Breaks World Junior Record in 400 IM in Thrilling Final"
''

Swimming World ''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. On 23 August, Vázquez ranked seventh in the prelims heats of the 200 metre individual medley, swimming a time of 2:15.82 and qualifying for the final.

(23 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Later in the day, Vázquez swam a personal best time of 2:13.43 in the final, winning the silver medal in the event.

(23 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Women's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. The two medals Vázquez won, one gold medal and one silver medal, were the only medals won by swimmers representing

at the year's World Junior Championships.

(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019: Results Book"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Vázquez's accomplishments at the European Junior Championships and the World Junior Championships, caught the attention of ''

Diario AS ''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of M ...

'' who gave her their "Prospect Award" for being the most promising newcomer athlete in Spain for the 2019 year.Mínguez, Jesús (3 December 2019)
"AS awards ceremony 2019"
''

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021.Nogueira, Andrea (3 December 2019)
"Ona Carbonell, Javier Sotomayor y LaLiga, entre los premios AS"
(in Spanish). ''

El País ''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...

''. Retrieved 28 November 2021."The 13th annual AS Awards pay tribute to excellence in sports"
'' PRISA''. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

2020 European Aquatics Championships

At the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

in Budapest, Hungary in May, Vázquez placed eleventh in her first event, the 400 metre individual medley, with a time of 4:45.26.

(17 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Budapest: Results 400m Individual Medley Women Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 22 April 2022. In her second and final event, the

200 metre individual medley The 200-metre individual medley is a race in competitive swimming in which swimmers compete in all 4 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) in one race, with each leg being 50 metres in length. The stroke order is different ...

, she swam a 2:15.36 in the preliminary heats, placing 23rd overall.

(21 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Budapest: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

2022

In April 2022, Vázquez was named to a preliminary roster for Spain for the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 e ...

in the 200 metre individual medley and 400 metre individual medley events.Keith, Braden (22 April 2022)
"Spain Names 9 Swimmers For 2022 World Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 22 April 2022. She was also named to the

roster for the same events.Keith, Braden (26 April 2022)
"Spain Announces Roster For 4 Meets, Including World, Euro Juniors"
''

''. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

2022 Mediterranean Games

The first day of swimming competition at the

, 1 July in

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, Vázquez qualified for the final of the 400 metre individual medley later in the day."Leyre Fernández, oro en tiro con arco el log Juegos del Mediterráneo; cinco medallas más para España"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022. In the final, she finished behind Sara Franceschi of

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and

Deniz Ertan Deniz Ertan (born 1 January 2004) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m freestyle event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming While living in Ankara, Turkey, Ertan at ...

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to win the bronze medal with a time of 4:45.53.MicroPlus (1 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
. '' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 1 July 2022."La nadadora onubense Alba Vázquez, bronze en los 400 estilos en los Juegos del Mediterráneo"
(in Spanish). ''Huelva Buenas Noticias''. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022."Gran día para los españoles en la cuarta jornada de los Juegos Mediterráneos"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022."Giochi del Mediterraneo: Sara Franceschi prima col brivido"
(in Italian). ''

Corriere dello Sport ''Corriere dello Sport'' is an Italian national sports newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It is one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers and has the largest readership in central and southern Italy, the fourth most read throughout the co ...

''. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Three days later, she ranked seventh in the preliminaries of the

, qualifying for the final with a time of 2:20.44.Microplus Timing (4 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Preliminary"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 4 July 2022. She placed fifth in the final with a time of 2:16.50.Microplus Timing (4 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 4 July 2022."Seis medallas más para España en Orán"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022. The final day of swimming competition, she ranked sixth in the preliminaries of the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:34.47 and advanced to the evening final.Microplus Timing (5 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 200m Breaststroke Women Preliminary"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 5 July 2022. With a time of 2:31.28 in the final, she placed sixth.Microplus Timing (5 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 200m Breaststroke Women Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

In early August, Vázquez was officially confirmed to compete for Spain at the

."Austria, Israel and Spain make official their Roma 2022 teams"
''roma2022.eu''. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. She started off with a 4:46.72 in the preliminaries of the 400 metre individual medley on day three, qualifying for the final ranking seventh across all prelims heats, which ranked sixth out of the final qualifiers.

(13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Individual Medley Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (13 August 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

Mundo Deportivo ''Mundo Deportivo'' (; meaning ''Sports World'' in English) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona. History and profile ''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1 ...

''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Alba Vázquez a la final de los 400 estilos; Mireia se queda a las puertas"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Alba Vázquez cumple el objetivo de disputar la final del Europeo"
(in Spanish). ''huelva24.com''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. She placed fifth in the final with a time of 4:42.40, finishing 2.34 seconds behind bronze medalist

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of Great Britain.

(13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Individual Medley Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Romano, J. (13 August 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

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''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Ortiz, Damián (13 August 2022)
"Alba Vázquez logra el quinto puesto en el Campeonato de Europa"
(in Spanish). ''Diario de Huelva''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Two days later, in the preliminaries of the

, she ranked sixteenth with a time of 2:16.99 and qualified for the semifinals.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. She placed eleventh in the semifinals, finishing eighth in semifinal heat one with a time of 2:15.27.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (15 August 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

During the three days of competition at the

2022 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of three three-day meets in three different cities in October and November 2022. This edition was held in the short course (25-meter pool) format. Meets The 2022 World Cup consisted of the following th ...

stop held in October in

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, Vázquez competed in six individual events, placing twenty-fourth in the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2:30.19, twenty-sixth in the 200m individual medley with a 2:16.86, thirty-fourth in the 200 metre backstroke with a 2:19.66, forth-ninth in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:11.12, forty-ninth in the 200 metre freestyle with a 2:03.43, and fifty-first in the 100m individual medley with a 1:05.60.

(23 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Results Book"
''

''. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

2023

At the 2023 Flanders Cup, held in January in

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, Vázquez won two medals, the first was a silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2:34.42 and the second was a bronze medal in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 2:18.98, which was 5.45 seconds behind gold medalist

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of the

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."Las medallas de Garach, Vázquez, De Oña y Sánchez dan el mejor brillo a la participación andaluza en Amberes"
(in Spanish). ''Federación Andaluza de Natación''. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023."Alba Vázquez se cuelga dos medallas en la prestigiosa Flanders Cup"
(in Spanish). ''huelva24.com''. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023. In March, at the 2023 Edinburgh International Swim Meet in

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, she won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:44.24, sharing the podium with Katie Shanahan of Great Britain (gold medalist) and

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of Ireland (silver medalist).Pérez, Marta (11 March 2023)
"Oro de Miguel Martínez y bronces de Arbidel González y Alba Vázquez en Edimburgo"
(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 21 March 2023. On 30 March, at the 2023 Spanish Open Championships in

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, she won the gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a

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qualifying time of 4:41.16."CTO. ESPAÑA OPEN ABSOLUTO P50 ASTRALPOOL - CTO. ESPAÑA JUNIOR 2023: Fem., 400m Estilos Open Resultados Final"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.Johnson, Annika (30 March 2023)
"2023 Spanish Open Championships: Vazquez and Carrasco Punch Tickets to Fukuoka"
''

''. Retrieved 1 April 2023. Two days later, she placed fourth in the 200 metre individual medley with a 2:15.90."CTO. ESPAÑA OPEN ABSOLUTO P50 ASTRALPOOL - CTO. ESPAÑA JUNIOR 2023: Fem., 200m Estilos Open Resultados Final"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023. The fifth and final day, she ranked eleventh in the preliminaries of the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:38.31, qualified for the evening b-final, and withdrew from further competition in the event."CTO. ESPAÑA OPEN ABSOLUTO P50 ASTRALPOOL - CTO. ESPAÑA JUNIOR 2023: Fem., 200m Braza Open Resultados Final"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

International championships

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: WJ – World Junior record

Short course metres (25 m pool)

World records

World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Awards and honours

* ''

'', Prospect Award: 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez, Alba 2002 births Living people Spanish female breaststroke swimmers Spanish female medley swimmers Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain 21st-century Spanish women Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games