Irene Peralta

Knowing a little about Irene Peralta

Irene is a biotechnologist by training and research is her great passion… with the permission of sport. She played basketball until she was 18 years old for CB Picken Claret, a team with which she competed in the national category. After quitting basketball she started running and soon began to enjoy success and good results in popular 5K, 10K and 15K races. He running It is the sport to which she tries to dedicate as much time as possible, although she also declares herself a lover of fitness and boxing.

Personal sporting achievements…

During her time as a basketball player, she was twice runner-up in the Valencian Community with Picken Claret (one of the reference basketball clubs in the city of Valencia, with more than 35 years of history) and also won two Spanish championships. in lower categories. In the short time that she has been running she has already managed to step on the highest podium four times in the junior category in races on the Valencia Provincial Circuit.

What you may not know about Irene is…

Irene defines herself as a very competitive and self-demanding person "in everything: in studies, in sports...". She has been a brilliant student who, among other distinctions, earned honors in high school. She says that when she was little she was fascinated by soccer and that her great idol was David Villa.