# Ana Prieto > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ana_Prieto > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ana_Prieto.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Prieto > Source revision: 1352389067 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Spanish athlete (born 2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ana Prieto Benítez | image = | caption = | nationality = {{ESP}} | sport = [Athletics](/source/Track_and_Field) | event = [Middle distance running](/source/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](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}} {{Medal|Country|{{ESP}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[2026 Toruń](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)|[4 × 400 m relay](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)}} {{Medal|Competition|[World Relays](/source/IAAF_World_Relays)}} {{Medal|Silver|[2026 Gaborone](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Relays)|[4 × 400 m relay](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}} {{Medal|Competition|[European U23 Championships](/source/European_Athletics_U23_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver| [2025 Bergen](/source/2025_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)|[4x400 m relay](/source/2025_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}} }} '''Ana Prieto Benítez''' (born 17 October 2005) is a Spanish sprinter who primarily competes over [400 metres](/source/400_metres).{{cite web|title= Ana Prieto|accessdate=20 Sep 2025|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/ana-prieto-14971542 }} ==Biography== She is from [Algeciras](/source/Algeciras) and [Los Barrios](/source/Los_Barrios) in [Andalusia](/source/Andalusia) and trains under athletics coach Saúl Sáez as a member of Algeciras Bay Athletics Club.{{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}}{{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}} She competed for Spain at the [2023 European Athletics U20 Championships](/source/2023_European_Athletics_U20_Championships) in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), Israel, reaching the final of the [400 metres](/source/400_metres), placing seventh overall.{{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 }}{{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}} Competing at the [2025 European Athletics U23 Championships](/source/2025_European_Athletics_U23_Championships) in [Bergen](/source/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.{{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 }}{{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}} She had previously placed fourth in the 400 metres at the Championships, running a personal best 51.75 seconds in the final.{{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}} She was selected as part of the Spanish team at the [2025 World Athletics Championships](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan, in September 2025, and she ran in the women's 4 x 400 metres race.{{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}}{{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 }} In March 2026, she was selected for the Spanish relay team for the [2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) in Poland, winning the bronze medal with the women's 4 x 400 m relay team.{{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}}{{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}} Competing at the [2026 World Athletics Relays](/source/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.{{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 }} 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.{{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}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prieto, Ana}} Category:2005 births Category:Living people Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Category:Athletes from Andalusia Category:21st-century Spanish sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ana Prieto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Prieto) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Prieto?action=history)). 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