Lucía Valero Garrido

Getting to know Lucía Valero Garrido a little

Lucía Valero Garrido (Valencia, 11/06/2003) is a young athlete who has excelled in middle-distance and also in distance events, competing for Super Amara BAT and for the Valencian Community team. She took up athletics at the age of 9 at the Valencian Community athletics school (EMID Valencia) and has worn the colours of Metaesport Ribarroja de Turia, Juventud Atlética Elche, Super Amara BAT and, since 2026, Metaesport. She began competing in the U10 category and the result she is most proud of is sixth place over 1,500 m at the 2025 Spanish U23 Indoor Championships.

Sporting achievements…

Her best results:

-6th, Spanish U23 Indoor Championships in 2025 (Sabadell), 1,500 m

-7th, Spanish U23 Individual Cross-Country Championships in 2025 (Getafe).

-Appearances at the Spanish senior indoor and outdoor championships.

-Regional university champion over 1,500 m (Castellón 2024)

Her personal bests:

-800 m: 2:13:30

-1,500 m: 4:22:86

-10K road: 35:28

What you might not know about Lucía…

Lucía has a twin sister called María who is also an elite athlete. Lucía was born first, but the doctor told their mother that María was the elder because she had spent longer in the womb, so Lucía is the younger of the Valero sisters. Since 2026 they have worn the Metaesport colours together, the club where they both started out in the U16 category, although their competitive paths later diverged and Lucía went on to compete for Juventud Atlética de Elche and Super Amara BAT. The resemblance between them, even though they are not identical twins, is remarkable: to tell them apart you have to look for a freckle on María’s face. Lucía is an early years teacher.