María Pérez García (born 29 April 1996) is a Spanish race walker.
Career She won the gold medal in both the 20-kilometre and 35-kilometre race walks at the World Athletics Championships, held in Tokyo in 2025 and in Budapest in 2023, and placed fourth in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Pérez won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, setting a championship record in the process. She is the world record holder for the 35 km race walk with a time of 2:37:15, set on 21 May 2023 at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Poděbrady, Czech Republic.
Pérez won seven Spanish national racewalking titles.
Statistics Personal bests 3000 metres race walk – 12:00.87 (Huelva 2018) 5000 metres race walk – 20:28.17 (Andújar 2022) 10,000 metres race walk – 43:42.04 (Getafe 2021) 10 kilometres race walk – 43:36 (Antequera 2021) 20 kilometres race walk – 1:25:30 (Córdoba 2023) 35 kilometres race walk – 2:37:15 (Poděbrady 2023) World record
International competitions 2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine7th5000 m walk23:48.112014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th10,000 m walk44:57.302015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden4th10,000 m walk44:19.052016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd10,000 m walk45:31.832017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd20 km walk1:31:29World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10th20 km walk1:29:372018World Race Walking CupTaicang, China8th20 km walk1:28:50European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany1st20 km walk1:26:36 2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8th20 km walk1:35:432021European Race Walking Team ChampionshipsPoděbrady, Czech Republic2nd20 km walk1:28:03Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan4th20 km walk1:30:052022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States–20 km walkDQEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany–20 km walkDQ2023European Race Walking Team ChampionshipsPoděbrady, Czech Republic1st35 km walk2:37:15 World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st20 km walk1:26:511st35 km walk2:38:40 2024Olympic GamesParis, France2nd20 km walk1:26:191stMixed marathon walk relay2:50:312025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1st20 km walk1:25:541st35 km walk2:39:01
References
External links
María Pérez at RFEA
Maria Perez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
María Pérez – COE – Paris 2024