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| Born | 21 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:43.95 (Fribourg, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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David Barroso (born 21 August 2001) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He won the 800 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games and was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Early life
[edit]He is from Extremadura.[2] He graduated in Physical Activity and Sport and studied for a Master's Degree in Physical and Sports Performance at the Pablo de Olavide University.[3]
Career
[edit]He runs as a member of Capex in Zafra. He was Spanish under-20 champion in the 800 metres in 2020 and Spanish under-23 champion over that distance in 2022.[4] That year, he ran a personal best 1:48.47 for the 800m at the Spanish championships.[5]
He set a personal best twice in May 2025; running the 800 metres in 1:45.39 in Castellón and then improving to 1:45.27 in Nerja, in a race in which that he claimed notable victories over his more-storied compatriots Mariano García and Josué Canales.[4] He competed for Spain at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, winning the gold medal in the 800 metres in 1:47.64.[6][7]
He finished fourth at the Spanish Athletics Championships in August 2025 over 800m, one hundredth of-a-second behind Pablo Sánchez-Valladares, but ran a new personal best of 1:43.95 the following week in Fribourg, a time that was better than Sánchez-Valladares' lifetime best which had also set that summer. As a result, he was selected ahead of Sánchez-Valladares for the third spot in the 800 metres for the Spanish team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[8] He went on to reach the semi-finalis in Tokyo in the men's 800 metres.[9]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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Representing  Spain
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| 2022 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Pescara, Italy | 3rd | 800 m | 1:47.71 |
| 2023 | Mediterranean Indoor U23 Championships | Valencia, Spain | 4th | 800 m i | 1:52.89 |
| 2025 | World University Games | Bochum, Germany | 1st | 800 m | 1:47.64 |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 1:44.27 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "David Barroso". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "David Barroso, from Capex, from Extremadura, won gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". Ondacero.es. 28 July 2025.
- ^ "UPO student David Barroso wins gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". upo.es. July 30, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ a b Perez, Ismael (5 June 2025). "David Barroso, who defeated Canales and Mariano, and Carlos Sáez joined the middle distance party in Nerja". Runnersworld. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Oliveira athlete David Barroso achieves a new record for Extremadura". olivafrontera.com. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "David Barroso wins gold at the World University Games in Germany". Hoy.es. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
World University Games champions in men's 800 metres | |
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