Álvaro Rafael Martín Uriol (born 18 June 1994 in Llerena) is a Spanish racewalker.
Career Martín won the gold medals in the 20 km walk and 35 km walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
He won consecutive gold medals in the 20 km walk at the European Athletics Championships in 2018 and 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Martín won a winning a gold and bronze medal in the mixed marathon walk relay and 20 km walk at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
He also competed in the 20 km walk at the Olympic Games in 2012 in London (DNF), 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (22nd) and 2020 in Tokyo (4th).
Martín announced his retirement after the Olympic Games in Paris.
Competition record Representing 2010Youth Olympic GamesSingapore9th10,000 m47:042011World Youth ChampionshipsLille Métropole, France8th10,000 m42:272012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th10,000 m40:35Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom—20 kmDNF2013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy3rd10,000 m41:13World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russian Federation24th20 km1:25:122014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China19th20 km1:20:39Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipsAubagne, France1st10,000 m42:50European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland6th20 km1:21:412015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia2nd20 km1:24:51World ChampionshipsBeijing, China16th20 km1:22:042016World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rd20 km1:19:36Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil22nd20 km1:22:112017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom8th20 km1:19:412018World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsTaicang, China8th20 km1:23:22European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany1st20 km1:20:422019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar22nd20 km1:33:202021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan4th20 km1:21.462022World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsMuscat, Oman2nd35 km2:36:54Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain1st10,000 m39:24.20World ChampionshipsEugene, United States7th20 km1:20:19European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany1st20 km1:19:112023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st20 km1:17:322024Olympic GamesParis, France3rd20 km1:19:111stMixed marathon walk relay2:50:31
References
External links
Álvaro Martín at RFEA
Alvaro Martin at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
Álvaro Rafael Martín – COE – Paris 2024