Ainhoa Brea

Getting to know Ainhoa Brea a little

Ainhoa Brea Leoz (Bilbao, 23/11/2001) is an athlete who has excelled in middle-distance and distance events, competing for Long Island University and Ole Miss, and for the Asturian Athletics Federation team. She took up athletics at the age of 8 with Llanera Atletismo and has worn the colours of Long Island University and Ole Miss (in the USA) and of the University of Oviedo. She began competing in the U12 category and the result she is most proud of is her Spanish U18 5,000 m title.

Sporting achievements…

Her best results:

-Spanish U18 5,000 m champion, Braga (Portugal) 2018

-NEC Cross Country Champion, senior, New York 2022

-3rd, Texas Relays 3,000 m steeplechase, senior, Texas 2023

-13th, Spanish Senior Championships 5,000 m, Tarragona 2025

Her personal bests:

-800 m: 2:11

-Mile: 4:50

-3,000 m: 9:38

-3,000 m steeplechase: 10:21

-5,000 m: 16:18

What you might not know about Ainhoa…

Ainhoa combined her academic studies with athletics thanks to a sports scholarship in the United States, where she completed her university degree while competing at the highest level. Among her next goals is an experience that will be key to her development: moving to Kenya with a group of runners to train at altitude, with the ambition of taking a qualitative leap in her career. She will share this new chapter on her social media, documenting the process and the day-to-day of the experience.