Esperança Cladera Gil (born 14 May 2002) is a Spanish sprinter. In 2025, she won the

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. She was a member of the Spanish 4 x 100 metres relay team which set new Spanish

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whilst running at the

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and the 2025 European Team Championships.

Career

From

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...

, she finished in fifth place in the 200 metres at the

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in Gyor, Hungary. By 2024, she had become a member of Valencia Club Atletismo. She made her senior championship debut when she competed for Spain at the

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, Italy, reaching the semi-finals of the 200 metres. In February 2025, she won the 200 metres at the

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in China. In the 4 x 100 metres relay she was part of a team alongside Jaël Bestué,

Paula Sevilla Paula Sevilla López de la Vieja (born 28 June 1997, in La Solana, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish athlete. She was the Spanish 100m national champion in 2019 and 2020. In 2022, she became the Spanish national champion in 200m, and in 2025 Spanish in ...

, and Maria Isabel Perez who won their opening race ahead of Jamaica containing

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (''née'' Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 metres, 200 m. She is widely regarded as ...

and

Shericka Jackson Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 m, 100 metres, 100 m, 200 metres, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she’s the fifth fastest woman of all time, ...

, with a time of 42.18 seconds, setting a Spanish national record, and ensuring qualification for the 2025 World Championships. She was part of the Spanish 4 x 100 metres team, again alongside Bestué, Sevilla and Maribel Pérez, which set another new Spanish record of 42.11 seconds at the

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in Madrid on 28 June.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cladera, Esperança 2002 births Living people Spanish female sprinters 21st-century Spanish sportswomen Sportspeople from Mallorca Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Spanish sprinters