DIAZ RIVAS Virginia

Date of Birth: 15 Aug 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of residence : GETXO

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Pair ESP Spain	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Heat 3 #33	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 2 #90	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Final A #114	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	1x	2-
2019	Linz, AUT	-	5
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	14	-
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	11	-
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	30	-

European Championships

Year	Location	1x	2-
2021	Varese, ITA	-	3
2020	Poznan, POL	-	2
2019	Lucerne, SUI	-	1
2017	Racice, CZE	9	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Pair	2021	Lucerne, SUI	7:17.93
5	Pair	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:48.45
6	Pair	2019	Plovdiv, BUL	7:27.65
9	Single Sculls	2017	Belgrade, SRB	7:50.36
11	Single Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	7:49.58
13	Single Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	7:48.98
14	Single Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	8:32.05

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Athlete, Nurse, Student

Nursing - University of Cantabria, Santander, ESP

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club Raspas del Embarcadero de Las Arenas [Getxo, ESP]

Javier Gonzalez Nieto [national], ESP; Marcos Morales [personal]

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Marcos Morales represented Argentina in rowing at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Aug 2020; ehu.eus, 26 Mar 2020)

She took up the sport at age 14 in Astillero, Spain. (ehu.eus, 26 Mar 2020; worldrowing.com, 31 Aug 2019)

"A coach, who wanted to improve his team and visited schools to talk about rowing, spotted me. I guess he saw my physical skills because he told me 'You have to come to the club'. I hesitated at first because I practised other sports, but I still went on." (ehu.eus, 26 Mar 2020; elcorreo.com, 07 Jun 2019; basqueteam.eus, 10 Sep 2018)

To win a gold medal at the world championships. (elcorreo.com, 07 Jun 2019)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (ehu.eus, 26 Mar 2020)

She was named the 2013 Best Gexto Athlete of the Year in Spain. (elcorreo.com, 07 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She qualified as a nurse from the University of Cantabria in Spain. In 2015 she received a scholarship that allowed her to spend five months studying psychology at Barry University in Miami, FL, United States of America. She has also studied at the University of the Basque Country. (ehu.eus, 26 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2020; basqueteam.eus, 10 Sep 2018; gobarrybucs.com, 01 Jan 2015; web.unican.es, 01 Jan 2010)

Milestones

Alongside her crewmate Aina Cid she became the first Spanish rower to win gold at the European championships, claiming victory in the pair event at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Lucerne, Switzerland. (elcorreo.com, 07 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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