VICENTE Maria

Spain
Athletics
28 Mar 2001
20
Female
Youth Olympian
BARCELONA
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Heptathlon 18

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles - Heat 2
Finished
Olympic Stadium - High Jump B
Women's Heptathlon High Jump - Group A
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Shot Put A
Women's Heptathlon Shot Put - Group A
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's Heptathlon 200m - Heat 3
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B
Women's Heptathlon Long Jump - Group B
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Long Throws
Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw - Group B
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's Heptathlon 800m - Heat 1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Youth Olympic Games
YearLocationTriple Jump
2018Buenos Aires, ARG2nd (27.43)

European Championships
YearLocationTriple Jump
2018Berlin, GERQual. (13.50)

World Combined Events Challenge
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Heptathlon2021Lana, ITA6304
2Heptathlon2021Arona, ESP6274
22Heptathlon2019Gotzis, AUT5900

World Youth Championships
YearLocationHeptathlon
2017Nairobi, KEN1st (5612)


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Athlete
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English, Spanish
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat [Barcelona, ESP]
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Roman Cid, ESP, since 2020
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Her mother Maria Jose Vicente works as an athletics judge and coach. (talentoabordo.com, 25 Nov 2019)
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She took up athletics at age 11. (elconfidencial.com, 23 Jul 2017)
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She was initially a dancer as a child until her mother introduced her to athletics. "As a child, I wasn't too fond of athletics, simply because I thought it was just running, running and more running. And, to be honest, I wasn't too keen on the idea of getting tired either. But then one day when I was little, my mother and aunt told me we going to the movies. I soon realised that they were actually taking me to an athletics track. I tried my luck at hurdles and long jump and found out that I actually really enjoyed it. That following year I signed up for athletics." (richardmille.com, 01 Sep 2019; marcetfootball.com, 11 Apr 2018)
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To win medals at the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games. (european-athletics.com, 26 Apr 2021; tellerreport.com, 22 Jul 2021)
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In 2021 she moved to San Sebastian, Spain, to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo with coach Ramon Cid. (tellerreport.com, 22 Jul 2021)
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Spanish decathlete Jorge Urena. (talentoabordo.com, 25 Nov 2019)
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Her mother. (iberdrola.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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"My plan B is to stick with plan A. If you keep fighting and working hard, in the end, however hard it is, you'll get there." (iberdrola.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
MOTIVATION
She decided to take athletics more seriously and to pursue it as a career after winning gold in heptathlon at the 2017 World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. "The world championship in Nairobi was a complete surprise to me, because I was hoping to be a finalist among the top eight, and then I was fighting for a gold or silver medal. I went for it and it paid off. It was a turning point in my life when I realised that 'without preparing, I went to a world championship and won'. I thought to myself: 'Wow, well if I truly want this and I train for it, I might be able to do it'. That's when I decided to enrol at the High Performance Academy [a specialist sports school in Barcelona, Spain] and take it more seriously." (iberdrola.com, 01 Sep 2019)

FAMILY BACKGROUND
Her father is from Cuba and her mother is from Cuenca, Spain. (talentoabordo.com, 25 Nov 2019; elconfidencial.com, 23 Jul 2017)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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