Joan Querol
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| Full name | Joan Querol Serrano | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 2006 Valencia, Spain | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Race Walking | ||||||||||||||
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Joan Querol Serrano (born 7 December 2006) is a Spanish race walker. He won the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships over 10,000 metres.[1]
Career
He is from Valencia, and is coached in race walking by his father.[2][3] He finished in second place in the men’s U20 10km race walk event at the 2025 European Race Walking Championships in Podebrady, Czech Republic in May 2025.[4]
He set a Spanish under-20 national record for the 10,000 metres race walk in winning the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[5] His time of 39:10.04 also set a new championship record for the event.[6] In September 2025, he was nominated for the European Athletics male rising star award.[7]
References
- ^ "Joan Querol". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Valencian athletics returns from the Spanish Under-20 Championship with 21 medals, a Spanish record and three regional records". castellonplaza.com. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ "Joan Querol wins the U-20 European Championship; a historic double for the new golden generation of Spanish walking". Runners World. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ "Santacreu and Disabato shatter U20 10km race walk championship records in Podebrady". European Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (10 Aug 2025). "Querol sets championships record in thrilling 10,000m race walk win". European Athletics. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ "Six championship records broken! Every record set in Tampere 2025". European Athletics. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (25 Sep 2025). "Nominees revealed! Vote for 2025 men's Rising Star". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2025.