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Born | September 14, 2000 |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
Jaël Bestué (born 14 September 2000) is a Spanish sprinter.
Biography
Jaël Bestué was born on 14 September 2000.[1] Her father's family is from Annobón, Equatorial Guinea.[2]
She won a silver medal in the 200 m at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, took bronze 200 m at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships, and was part of the silver medal winning team at the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships.[3]
At the Spanish national championships she was won four times in the 4x100 Metres Relay (2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021), and three times at the 200m (2018, 2019,and 2020). She also won gold in the 60m at the 2019 national indoors championship.[4]
Bestué is expected to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
- ^ Jaël Bestué at World Athletics
- ^ Sánchez, Javier (1 March 2019). "Jael Bestué, campeona de España de 60 metros: "Me decían que era adoptada"" [Jael Bestué, Spanish 60-meter champion: ‘They told me I was adopted’]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Jaël Bestué at World Athletics
- ^ Jaël Bestué at World Athletics
- ^ "Jaël Bestué serà olímpica, després de la renúncia d'una atleta" [Jaël Bestué will be an Olympian, following the resignation of an athlete]. totsantcugat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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