Daniela Fra

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Daniela Fra
Personal information
Full nameDaniela Fra Palmer
Born (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Sprint, Hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Toruń4 × 400 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2025 Guangzhou4×400 m relay

Daniela Fra Palmer (born 29 February 2000) is a Spanish hurdler and sprinter. She won the Spanish Championships in the 400 metres hurdles in 2023 and 2024. She was a member of Spanish 4 x 400 metres relay teams which set indoor national records in both the women’s and mixed relay events at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Biography

She is a member of an athletics club in Arroyomolinos, Madrid.[2] She won the Spanish Athletics Championships in the 400 metres hurdles in July 2023 in 55.85 seconds.[3][4] She retained her title in June 2024 in La Nucia in a time of 55.92 seconds, finishing ahead of Sara Gallego.[5][6] She competed for Spain in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[7]

In February 2025, she placed fourth in the 400 metres at the Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships.[8] She was a member of the Spanish 4 × 400 m relay team alongside Paula Sevilla, Eva Santidrián and Blanca Hervás which ran 3:25.68 at the European Indoor Championships on 9 March 2025 in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, to set a new Spanish indoor national record. At the same championships, she was part of the mixed 4 x 400 metres team alongside Manuel Guijarro, Carmen Avilés, and Bernat Erta which set a Spanish mixed indoor national record of 3:17.12 on 6 March 2025.[9]

In May 2025, she competed for Spain at the 2025 World Athletics Relays as the team won the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[10][11] She competed for Spain in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June 2025.[12] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 56.88 seconds without qualifying for the semi-finals.[13][14]

In March 2026, she was selected for the Spanish relay team for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, winning a bronze medal with the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay team.[15][16]

References

  1. "Daniela Fra". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. "Andrea Jiménez qualifies for the 400m final at the U-23 national championships". Deportesavila.es. February 14, 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. "Daniela Fra wins the 400m hurdles in Spain". vivirediciones.es. July 31, 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. Agusti, Xavier (30 June 2024). "Jaime Guerra surt del túnel amb un vol d'or". lesportiudcatalunya.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. Molteni, Guido (June 28, 2024). "2024 Spanish Athletics Championships: All the results and podium finishes". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. "Bittersweet morning in Rome". atletismorfea.es. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  9. "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  10. "Las 26 bazas de #EspañaAtletismo para los World Athletics Relays". Atletismorfea.es. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  11. "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  12. Broadbent, Chris (28 Jun 2025). "Crucial 400m hurdles victories for Portugal and Czechia". Eurorpean Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  13. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  14. "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  15. "Spain's 22 picks for Kujawy Pomorze". atletismorfea.es. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  16. "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.