Andoni Calbano
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| Full name | Andoni Calbano Osinaga[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Real Sociedad | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60 m: 6.80 (2026) 100 m 10.29 (2025) 200 m: 20.41 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Andoni Calbano Osinaga (born 11 December 2000) is a Spanish sprinter. He won the Spanish Athletics Championships in 2026 over 200 metres.[2]
Career
[edit]From Bergara in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country,[3] Calbano became the fastest Basque athlete over 200 metres in 2023 with a run of 20.77 seconds in Anoeta. In doing so, he improved the mark of 20.89 set by the Bilbao athlete Luis Sarria in 1974 by twelve hundredths of a second.[4][5] That year, he placed second over 200 metres at the 2023 Spanish Athletics Championships and also placed third over 200 metres at the 2024 Spanish Indoor Championships.[6] That summer, he was part of the Real Sociedad 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the national title at the Spanish Championships.[7]
Calbano set a new Euskadi indoor record in the 200 metres at the 2025 Spanish Indoor Championships in Madrid, with a time of 20.95 seconds.[5][8] That summer, Calbano won the 200 metres title in a time of 20.41 seconds (+2.0) finishing ahead of Jaime Sancho at the senior Spanish Athletics Championships in Tarragona in August 2025, having previously lowered the Basque record to 20.56 seconds in the semi-finals. The time moved him to third on the Spanish all-time list behind only Bruno Hortelano and Pol Retamal.[9][6][10]
Calbano placed second in the 200 metres with a time of 21.17 seconds at the 2026 Spanish Indoor Championships.[11] He was selected as part of the Spanish team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays.[12][13] On the opening day, he ran as a member of the mixed 4 × 100 m relay alongside Guillem Crespí, Maribel Pérez and Jaël Bestué as they ran a time of 40.51, setting the first national record in this event, qualifying for the final.[14] He also ran in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships in Gaborone, Botswana.[15]
Calbano competed alongside Spanish teammates Crespí, Perez and Bestue and won the bronze medal in the mixed 4 × 100 m at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in August 2026.[16][17] He also ran in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships.[18]
Personal life
[edit]A student of engineering, he supplemented his income by working as a waiter. He is a keen football fan, and of playing chess.[19]
References
[edit]- ↑ Med Games bio
- ↑ "Andoni Calbano". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ Bikuña, Mireia (3 August 2025). "Andoni Calbano, Spanish Champion". Goiena.eus. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ Urtzelai, Xabier (July 14, 2023). "Andoni Calbano is the fastest Basque athlete ever in the 200 meters". Goiena.eus. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Two new ST records for the Basque Country in Gallur!". fvaeaf.org. 25 Feb 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- 1 2 ""No one can take away my gold or my big score now."". diariovasco.com. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spanish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Calbano doesn't let up on the accelerator". diariovasco.com. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spanish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spain at the 2026 World Relays in athletics: when is the World Relays, who is competing and how to watch it". Olympics.com. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "EspañaAtletismo quiere volver a brillar en los World Athletics Relays". Atletismorfea.es. 20 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Spanish relays unleash their potential in Gaborone". Atletismorfea.es. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ SER, Cadena (2026-08-16). "Guillem Crespí, Maribel Pérez, Andoni Calbano y Jaël Bestué logran el bronce en el 4x100m mixto con un récord nacional". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-08-16.
- ↑ Barcia, Igor (17 August 2026). "European Athletics Championships 2026: Spain finish with eight medals in Birmingham". Surinenglish. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
- ↑ Urtzelai, Xabier (January 9, 2026). "Andoni Calbano: "Everything I do I do with athletics in mind"". goiena.eus. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
