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David Barroso

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David Barroso
Personal information
Born (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:43.60 (2026)
1500m: 3:35.26 (2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
Summer World University Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Bochum800 m
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Taranto800 m

David Barroso (born 21 August 2001) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He won the 800 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games, was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships[1] and finished fourth in the 2026 European Athletics Championships.

Early life

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He is from Extremadura.[2] He graduated in Physical Activity and Sport and studied for a Master's Degree in Physical and Sports Performance at the Pablo de Olavide University.[3]

Career

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He runs as a member of Capex in Zafra. He was Spanish under-20 champion in the 800 metres in 2020 and Spanish under-23 champion over that distance in 2022.[4] That year, he ran a personal best 1:48.47 for the 800m at the Spanish championships.[5]

He set a personal best twice in May 2025; running the 800 metres in 1:45.39 in Castellón and then improving to 1:45.27 in Nerja, in a race in which that he claimed notable victories over his more-storied compatriots Mariano García and Josué Canales.[4] He competed for Spain at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, winning the gold medal in the 800 metres in 1:47.64.[6][7]

He finished fourth at the Spanish Athletics Championships in August 2025 over 800m, one hundredth of-a-second behind Pablo Sánchez-Valladares, but ran a new personal best of 1:43.95 the following week in Fribourg, a time that was better than Sánchez-Valladares' lifetime best which had also set that summer. As a result, he was selected ahead of Sánchez-Valladares for the third spot in the 800 metres for the Spanish team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[8] He went on to reach the semi-finalist in Tokyo in the men's 800 metres.[9]

In July 2026, he ran a personal best for the 800 metres of 1:43.83 at the Meeting Stanislas Nancy in France.[10] Later that month he ran another new personal best of 1:43.60 at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest.[11] In August, he placed fourth in the 800 metres final at the European Championships in Birmingham, England.[12] Competing in the Diamond League at the 2026 Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerland on 21 August 2026, he placed seventh in the 800 metres.[13]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
Representing  Spain
2022 Mediterranean U23 Championships Pescara, Italy 3rd 800 m 1:47.71
2023 Mediterranean Indoor U23 Championships Valencia, Spain 4th 800 m i 1:52.89
2025 World University Games Bochum, Germany 1st 800 m 1:47.64
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th (sf) 800 m 1:44.27
2026 Ibero-American Championships Lima, Peru 1st 800 m 1:46.30
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 800 m 1:45.75
Mediterranean Games Taranto, Italy 2nd 800 m 1:46.35

References

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  1. ↑ "David Barroso". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "David Barroso, from Capex, from Extremadura, won gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". Ondacero.es. 28 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "UPO student David Barroso wins gold in the 800 meters at the World University Games". upo.es. July 30, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 Perez, Ismael (5 June 2025). "David Barroso, who defeated Canales and Mariano, and Carlos Sáez joined the middle distance party in Nerja". Runnersworld. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Oliveira athlete David Barroso achieves a new record for Extremadura". olivafrontera.com. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "David Barroso wins gold at the World University Games in Germany". Hoy.es. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Mills, Steven (4 Jul 2026). "Pernici breaks 53-year-old Italian 800m record in Tomblaine". European Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix". 14 Jul 2026.
  12. ↑ "MARK ENGLISH MAKES HISTORY AFTER BURGIN'S LATE WITHDRAWAL IN EURO 800M". Athletics Weekly. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results - Lausanne Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.