Álvaro de Arriba López (born 2 June 1994 in

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

) is a Spanish

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

specialising in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, 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 a ...

. 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. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1969 European Indoor Games, 1969 edition then known a ...

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 World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Salamanca 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub