Laura García-Caro

Laura García-Caro
Personal information
Full name	Laura García-Caro Lorenzo
Born	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

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

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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
2018	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