Laura García-Caro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García-Caro and the second or maternal family name is Lorenzo.

Laura García-Caro Lorenzo (born 16 April 1995) is a female racewalker from Spain. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing the 32nd.^[1] She went viral during the 2024 European championship for starting to celebrate a bronze medal that she would lose in the last 5 metres of the race

Laura García-Caro

Personal information
Full name	Laura García-Caro Lorenzo
Born	(1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 29) Lepe, Huelva, Spain
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Track and field
Updated on 29 August 2015

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	5th	10,000 m	47:17
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	4th	10,000 m	44:32
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	10th	20 km	1:29:32
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th	20 km	1:31:52
	World Championships	Beijing, China	32nd	20 km	1:36:22
2016	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	10,000 m	44:55
2017	European Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	3rd	20 km	1:29:57
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	–	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	9th	20 km	1:29:29
2018	World Race Walking Championships	Taicang, China	14th	20 km	1:29:58
	European Athletics Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	20 km	1:28:15
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	33rd	20 km	1:44:05
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	34th	20 km	1:37:48
2022	World Race Walking Championships	Muscat, Oman	14th	35 km	2:52:10
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	10,000 m	43:33.72
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	35 km	2:42:45
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	20 km	1.28:48

See also

• Spain at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

External links

• Laura García-Caro at World Athletics
• Laura García-Caro at RFEA (archived) (in Spanish)
• Laura García-Caro at Olympedia
• Laura García-Caro at Olympics.com
• Laura García-Caro at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Laura García-Caro Lorenzo at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)
• Laura García-Caro – COE – Paris 2024 (in Spanish)