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Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower in Paris
Lorea Ibarzabal

Lorea Ibarzabal

Sport

Track & Field

Country

Spain

USC Affiliation

Lettered 2016-17

Olympic Experience

First Olympics

USC:

· Competed in track and cross country as a grad student at USC in the 2016-17 season

· She had a season-best 2:10.28 in the 800m and 4:36.44 in the 1500m in her one season with the Trojans

· 2017 Pac-12 qualifier in the 800m

· 2017 USC-UCLA Dual Meet…4th in the 800m

· She was one of USC’s-scoring runners at the 2016 Pac-12 Cross Country Championships


PORTLAND:

· Ibarzabal competed for Portland from 2012-16

· She had an 800m best of 2:07.37 while competing for Portland

· Earned her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering with a mathematics minor.


SPAIN:

· 2024 Spanish Championships 800m champion

· 2024 European Championships…12th

· 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships 800m semifinalist

· 2024 Spanish Indoor Championships 800m champion

· 2023 World Championships 800m qualifier

· 2023 Spanish Championships 800m champion

· 2023 European Indoor Championships 800m finalist

· 2023 Spanish Indoor Championships 800m champion

· 2022 Spanish Championships 800m finalist

· 2021 Spanish Indoor Championships 800m champion

· 2019 Spanish Championships 800m finalist

· 2018 Spanish Championships 800m qualifier

· 2016 Spanish U23 Championships…3rd in the 800m

· 2014 Spanish U23 Championships…4th in the 800m

PERSONAL:

· Parents are Daniel Ibarzabla and Patricia Padorno…her mother was also a middle distance runner, who was an All-American in the one-mile race at Kentucky

· Her maternal grandfather, Manuel Padorno, was a Spanish poet

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