Beatriz Álvarez

Getting to know Beatriz Álvarez a little

Beatriz Álvarez Díaz (Gijón, 16/12/1994) is an athlete who has excelled over 3,000 m (indoor), 5,000 m and 10,000 m, competing for Diputación de Valencia and for the Spanish Athletics Federation national team. She came to athletics at the age of 6 at the Laviada school (Gijón) and has worn the colours of Estadio Gijón, Universidad de Oviedo, Bilbao Atletismo and Diputación de Valencia. She started out in the youngest age group and the result she is proudest of is the Spanish senior 5,000 m title (2021) in Getafe.

Sporting achievements…

-15th, European Championships 10,000 m (senior) – 2022 (Munich)

-Took part in the European 10,000 m Cup (senior) – 2022 (Pacé)

-3rd, Spanish Championships 10,000 (senior) – 2026 (Mahón-Menorca)

-2nd, Spanish Championships 3,000 indoor (senior) – 2026

-4th, Spanish Championships 10,000 m (senior) – 2025 (Mahón)

-3rd, Spanish Championships 10,000 m (senior) – 2024 (Catalonia)

-2nd, Spanish Championships 5K road (senior) – 2023 (Santander)

-2nd, Spanish Championships 5,000 m (senior) – 2022 (Nerja)

-3rd, Spanish Championships 10,000 m (senior) – 2022 (Faro)

-3rd, Spanish Championships 3,000 indoor (senior) – 2022 (Ourense)

-Spanish 5,000 m champion (senior) – 2021 (Getafe)

-2nd, Spanish Championships 3,000 indoor (senior) – 2020 (Ourense)

-3rd, Spanish Championships 5,000 m (senior) – 2019 (La Nucía)

-2nd, Spanish Championships 3,000 indoor (senior) – 2018 (Valencia)

-8 international caps with the Spanish team in the junior age groups

Personal bests:

-3,000 m: 9:01

-5,000 m on the track: 15:42

-10,000 m on the track: 32:21:62

What you might not know about Beatriz…

She combines her sporting career with her psychology studies and her work as a consultant on the High-Level Athlete Support programme of Spain’s Higher Sports Council. Her CV includes the following milestones:

-Consultant on the High-Level Athlete Support programme of the Higher Sports Council (since 2023)

-Sports psychologist on the Confía programme of the Community of Madrid

-Studying for a Master’s in General Health Psychology (UCAM)

-Master’s in Sports Psychology (UAM) (2017-2019)

-Master’s in Bioethics (UCAM) (2021-2022)

-Degree in Psychology (UNED) (2012-2017)

Another detail worth telling is that Bea trains in shoes with no carbon plate and no latest-generation foams. In CORREDOR magazine, shortly after taking silver over 3,000 m at the Spanish indoor championships in March 2026, she said this: “I have used insoles since I was 15 because I have a very high arch; they are very thick insoles and my foot does not sit properly in modern shoes, so it is as if I had double cushioning”. When she competes on the road and on the track (in spikes) she does not use insoles and she does wear latest-generation shoes. “In training I always go out in old shoes. I am clear that in training I am going to be slower than in competition”.