María Vicente

{{short description|Spanish athletics competitor}}

{{family name hatnote|Vicente|García|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = María Vicente

| image = EKI10339 vicente ver 5k (40351507953).jpg

| caption = María Vicente in 2019

| full_name = María Sophia Vicente García

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain[http://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/personas/almacen/vicentemaria.pdf RFEA profile]

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 68 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Heptathlon, Triple jump

| club = C.D. Nike Running

| coach = Ramón Cid

| education =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport| Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|Youth Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Buenos Aires|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Youth Olympic Festival}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Győr|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|World U18 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Nairobi|Heptathlon}}

{{Medal|Competition|European U18 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Győr|Heptathlon}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Győr|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Borås|Heptathlon}}

{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Espoo|Triple jump}}

}}

María Sophia Vicente García (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish athlete specialising in combined events and triple jump. She is the holder of the U18 World Best in pentathlon, as well as the senior Spanish national record in pentathlon{{cite news |last1=Miranda |first1=Daniel |title=Histórica María Vicente: récord de España de pentatlón |url=https://as.com/masdeporte/2019/02/16/atletismo/1550343853_117587.html |work=Diario AS |date=16 February 2019 |language=es}} and heptathlon.{{cite news |title=Vicente prevails in a pulsating heptathlon with 6115 points |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u20-championships/news/article=vicente-prevails-pulsating-heptathlon-with-6115-points/ |work=European Athletics |date=19 July 2019}}

Personal life

Vicente's father was born in Cuba, while her mother is from Huélamo, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha.{{Cite news |last1=Arribas |first1=Carlos |url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2018/07/07/actualidad/1530963882_817487.html|title=María Vicente, el prodigio que llegó de Cuenca |work=El País |date=7 July 2018 |language=es}}

Personal bests

;Outdoor

;Indoor

International competitions

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}}
rowspan=2|2017

|European Youth Olympic Festival

|Győr, Hungary

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Triple jump

|13.72 m

World U18 Championships

|Nairobi, Kenya

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Heptathlon U18

|5612 pts

rowspan=4|2018

|rowspan=2|European U18 Championships

|rowspan=2|Győr, Hungary

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Heptathlon U18

|6221 pts {{AthAbbr|WYB}}

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Triple jump

|13.95 m

European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|25th (q)

|Triple jump

|13.50 m

Youth Olympic Games

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Triple jump

|13.76 m

rowspan=3|2019

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|9th

|Pentathlon

|4363 pts

rowspan=2|European U20 Championships

|rowspan=2|Borås, Sweden

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Heptathlon

|6115 pts {{AthAbbr|NR|Spanish}}

8th

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=3|2021

|European Indoor Championships

|Toruń, Poland

| –

|Pentathlon

|DNF

European Team Championships

|Chorzow, Poland

|3rd

|Long jump

|6.42 m

Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|18th

|Heptathlon

|6117 pts

2022

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

| –

|Heptathlon

|DNF

rowspan=4|2023

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Espoo, Finland

|4th

|Long jump

|6.56 m

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Triple jump

|14.21 m

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Budapest, Hungary

|14th (q)

|Long jump

|6.59 m

13th (q)

|Triple jump

|14.13 m

2024

|World Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

| –

|Pentathlon

|DNF

References

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