RUIZ BRAVO Paula

World Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	5km - TR X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	13	24	12
2017	Budapest, HUN	13	18	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10km	5km - TR X
2020	Budakalasz, HUN	4	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	10	7

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10km
2021	1 x 13th
2020	1 x 16th
2019	1 x 6th, 1 x 19th
2018	1 x 26th
2017	1 x 9th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 32nd

World Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
6	2019	10km	Lac-Megantic, QC, CAN
9	2017	10km	Qiandaohu, CHN
13	2021	10km	Doha, QAT
16	2020	10km	Doha, QAT
17	2017	10km	Hong Kong, CHN
19	2019	10km	Doha, QAT
26	2018	10km	Doha, QAT
32	2017	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	10km	5km - TR X
2018	Eilat, ISR	1	5

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

Athlete

Partner Antonio Romero

Spanish

CN Inacua [Malaga, ESP]

Xavi Casademont [personal], ESP

Her sister Paloma has competed in swimming at national level in Spain. (paularuiz.wordpress.com, 08 Jul 2021)

She has represented Spain in swimming and competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She also won silver in 400m freestyle and bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Jul 2021)

Her parents signed her up for swimming lessons at a young age. At age six she was inspired to take up open water swimming when she was invited to attend a competition in Torremolinos, Spain. (Canal Malaga, 15 Jan 2020; natacionmairena.com, 20 Mar 2017)

She was forced to choose between pool and open water swimming once the competitions in both disciplines began to overlap. "I chose open water swimming because I had more fun. It is a different sport in which there are many things that are beyond my control, such as water temperature, animals and being hit. All that uncertainty made me decide for open water." (Canal Malaga, 15 Jan 2020; natacionmairena.com, 20 Mar 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (malagahoy.es, 15 Sep 2020)

She swims up to 20 kilometres per day at the Technical Centre of the Andalusian Swimming Federation in Malaga, Spain. (marca.com, 05 Apr 2020; diariosur.es, 24 Sep 2020)

Finishing second in the 10km event at the 2021 Olympic Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal to secure qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (malagahoy.es, 26 Jun 2021)

Her family. (Canal Malaga, 15 Jan 2020)

"Open water swimming depends on many external factors and that is why I love it. No race is like any other, they are all different." (malagahoy.es, 26 Jun 2021)

She was named 2018 Revelation Athlete of the Year at the Admiral Awards Gala in Spain. (natacionmairena.com, 20 Feb 2019; nataccion.com, 10 Jan 2019)

In 2017 she received the Andalusian of the Future Award in the sports category. The award is presented by the Spanish news media group Joly. (diariodesevilla.es, 21 Apr 2017; fan.es, 26 Mar 2017)

In 2016 she was the recipient of the Sporting Stimulus Award from the Andalusian Olympic Foundation in Spain. (natacionmairena.com, 21 Mar 2017)