{{Short description|Spanish athlete (born 2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ana Prieto Benítez | image = | caption = | nationality = {{ESP}} | sport = Athletics | event = Middle distance running | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|10|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''400m:''' 51.75 (Bergen, 2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ESP}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Toruń|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World Relays}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Gaborone|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2025 Bergen|4x400 m relay}} }}
'''Ana Prieto Benítez''' (born 17 October 2005) is a Spanish sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres.<ref>{{cite web|title= Ana Prieto|accessdate=20 Sep 2025|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/ana-prieto-14971542 }}</ref>
==Biography== She is from Algeciras and Los Barrios in Andalusia and trains under athletics coach Saúl Sáez as a member of Algeciras Bay Athletics Club.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.europasur.es/deportes/barrena-ana-prieto-subcampeona-europa-sub23-relevo-nacional-atletismo-4x400_0_2004415652.html|website=Europasur.es|accessdate=20 Sep 2025|title= The 'barreña' Ana Prieto, runner-up in the European Under-23 Championship with the national 4x400 meter relay|date=20 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Algeciras natives Ana Prieto and Alejandro Rueda will compete in the European Under-20 Athletics Championships|accessdate=20 Sep 2025|date=27 July 2023|url= https://www.diarioarea.com/algeciras/los-algecirenos-ana-prieto-y-alejandro-rueda-iran-al-campeonato-de-europa-sub20-de-atletismo/#|website=Diarioarea}}</ref>
She competed for Spain at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, reaching the final of the 400 metres, placing seventh overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147654?eventId=10229511 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=20 September 2025|title=European Athletics U20 Championships|date=9 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.europasur.es/deportes/Atletismo-Bahia-Algeciras-Campeonato-Europa-sub-20-Ana-Prieto-final-400_0_1818719407.html |website=Europasur.es|accessdate=20 September 2025|title=Ana Prieto (Bahia), from Los Barrios, finalist in the 400m at the European under-20 championships|date=8 August 2023}}</ref>
Competing at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, in July 2025 she won a silver medal as a member of the Spanish women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which finished behind Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173260?eventId=204596 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=17 September 2025|title=European Athletics U23 Championships|date=26 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=European Athletics|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/great-britain-and-spain-win-thrilling-4x400m-finals-in-european-u23-records|accessdate=17 Sep 2025|title= Great Britain and Spain win thrilling 4x400m finals in European U23 records|date= 20 July 2025}}</ref> She had previously placed fourth in the 400 metres at the Championships, running a personal best 51.75 seconds in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173260?eventId=10229511 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=20 September 2025|title=European Athletics U23 Championships|date=17 July 2025}}</ref>
She was selected as part of the Spanish team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, and she ran in the women's 4 x 400 metres race.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.runnersworld.com/es/noticias-running/a65906978/seleccion-espanola-mundial-atletismo-tokio-2025/|website=Runnersworld|accessdate=17 Sep 2025|title= These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.|date=27 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=204596 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=20 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=20 Sep 2025 }}</ref>
In March 2026, she was selected for the Spanish relay team for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, winning the bronze medal with the women's 4 x 400 m relay team.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/kujawypomorze26/news/report/wic-kujawy-pomorze-26-report-womens-4x400m |title= USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26|date=22 March 2026 |access-date=22 March 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://atletismorfea.es/federacion/communication-hub/noticias/las-22-bazas-de-espanaatletismo-para-kujawy-pomorze|website= atletismorfea.es|accessdate=11 March 2026|title= Spain's 22 picks for Kujawy Pomorze|date=10 March 2026}}</ref> Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays, she ran as part of the women’s 4 x 400 m team which won their heat in 3:24.44, just 31 hundredths of a second shy of the Spanish record, and qualifying for the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://atletismorfea.es/federacion/communication-hub/noticias/los-relevos-espanoles-de-desatan-en-gaborone|website=Atletismorfea.es|accessdate=2 May 2026|date=2 May 2026|title= Spanish relays unleash their potential in Gaborone }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/gaborone26/news/report/gaborone-26-report-women-4x400m-final|title= Norway run world lead to win women’s 4x400m in Gaborone|date=3 May 2026|access-date=3 May 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref>
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