Berta Segura Berenjeno (born 6 June 2003) is a Spanish sprinter. She became Spanish champion in 2024 over

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Career

In July 2021, she was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team that won silver at the

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in Tallinn. In May 2022, she won gold in a Spanish U23 record time in the

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at the

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. In August 2022, she was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team qualified for the final of the

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, in Munich, in which they finished eighth. In August 2022, she qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the

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, Colombia, placing sixth overall. In July 2023, she was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team which won bronze at the

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in Espoo, Finland. Segura was part of the Spanish 4x400m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays in

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. Segura was selected for the

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in Rome in June 2024. Her Spanish 4x400m relay team qualified for the final and placed seventh overall. They set a new Spanish national record time 3:25.25, more than two seconds lower than the previous national best. She also reached the semi finals of the individual 400 metres, running a Catalan record time of 51.92 seconds. On 29 June 2024, she became Spanish champion over 400 metres in La Nucia, running a personal best time of 51.68 seconds. She was officially selected for the

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in July 2024.

Personal life

Segura is from

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

in Catalonia.

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RFEA The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation ( Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Spain. As of 2020, the federation has 1,411 registered clubs and 89,470 federated athlets. ...

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