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Blanca Hervás

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Blanca Hervás Rodríguez[a] (born 30 September 2002) is a Spanish sprinter. She has competed for Spain at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. She won the 400 metres title at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships and won a silver medal at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[1]

Blanca Hervás
Personal information
Full nameBlanca Hervás Rodríguez
NationalitySpanish
Born (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 23)
Madrid, Spain
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests200 m: 24.30 (Louisville, 2024)
400 m:: 51.15 (Madrid, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 ToruńMixed 4 × 400 m
Bronze medal – third place2026 Toruń4 × 400 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2025 Guangzhou4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2026 Gaborone4 × 400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo4 × 400 m relay

Biography

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In July 2023, she was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team which won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[2][3]

Hervás was part of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[4][5]

Hervás was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[6] Her Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team qualified for the final and placed seventh overall.[7][8] The team of Hervás, Berta Segura, Carmen Avilés and Eva Santidrián, set a new Spanish national record time 3:25.25, more than two seconds lower than the previous national best.[9]

Hervás ran a personal best time for the 400 metres of 51.68 seconds in Madrid on 21 June 2024.[10] On 29 June 2024, she came second at the Spanish Athletics Championships over 400 metres in La Nucia.[11] She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12][13]

She finished second to Paula Sevilla in the 400 metres at the Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.[14] She ran the anchor leg for the Spanish women's 4 × 400 metres relay team which set a new national indoor record at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[15]

She ran for Spain at the 2025 World Athletics Relays with her performances including winning a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[16] Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, she was a member of the Spanish mixed 4x400 metres relay team which set a new national record of 2.20.4.[17] Having missed out on qualification for the individual 400 metres by five-tenths of a second,[18] Hervas was selected for the Spanish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[19][20]

Hervás won the 400 metres at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships in Valencia, running 51.49 seconds.[21] She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, where she won a silver medal in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[22][23] At the same championships, she also ran an indoor personal best 51.43 seconds to place sixth in the final of the 400 metres, and won the bronze medal with the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.[24][25][18]

Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Botswana, she was part of the Spanish mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a national record of 3:09.89 on the opening day.[26][27] Later that day she helped the women's 4 x 400 m relay team also qualify for the final.[28] The following day, she ran as the Spanish quartet achieved a 3:21.25 national record to win the silver medal in the women’s 4 x 400m final.[29]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 6th 400 m 54.23
2023 European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.11
2024 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd (r) 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.30
13th (h) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:15.47
European Championships Rome, Italy 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.94
Olympic Games Paris, France 12th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.29
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 14th (h) 400 m i 52.32
4th 4 × 400 m relay i 3:25.68
World Relays Guangzhou, China 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.13
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.76
9th (h) Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.57
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 6th 400 m 51.43
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.04
World Relays Gaborone, Botswana 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.25

Personal life

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From Valdemarín in Madrid, Hervas trained in Majadahonda in the city from the age of eight years-old. She studied Communication at the University of Miami in the United States. After returning to Spain she reunited with her coach Julio Rifaterra. She worked a part-time job as a Product Manager before becoming a professional athlete in 2025.[30][31][18]

Notes

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  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hervás and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

References

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  1. ↑ "Blanca Hervas". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Cordoba native Carmen Avilés wins bronze at the European Under-23 Championship". Cordopolis. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Berta Segura leads the Spanish 4x400 relay team towards the Paris Games". ccma.cat. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "#EspañaAtletismo Road to Roma: Preselección definitiva". Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Berta Segura, setena a la final amb el relleu de 4x400". segre. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Historic record of Berta Segura from Lleida at the European Athletics Championships". ccma.cat. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Meeting Madrid 2024". World Athletics. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Spain's list for athletics at the Paris Olympics". sport.es. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  15. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (9 March 2025). "Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (29 June 2025). "Mixed relay specialists Poland win again at Madrid 2025". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  18. 1 2 3 "Blanca Hervás, the face of the new Spanish athletics: "I'm amazed when they call me elegant"". Elmundo. 23 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "Spanish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  22. ↑ Paya, Rafa (10 March 2026). "Attaoui and Llopis lead a list of 13 athletes... which will be expanded tomorrow". as.com. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  23. ↑ "Belgium takes inaugural world indoor mixed 4x400m title in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  24. ↑ "USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  26. ↑ "World leads fall as 4x400m teams light up first round in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  28. ↑ Mills, Steven (2 May 2026). "26 European teams qualify for Beijing 2027 on day one of 2026 World Relays". European Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "Norway run world lead to win women's 4x400m in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "From Madrid to the Paris Games". as.com. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  31. ↑ "Miami Punches Final Tickets To National Championship". alabamaledger. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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